Lifeboat Monument, St Annes on Sea

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229827

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NST25112009007

Title

Lifeboat Monument, St Annes on Sea

Place

St Annes on Sea

General notes

On 23rd May 1888 the Lifeboat Monument was unveiled in St Annes to commemorate the bravery of the crews of the Laura Janet Lifeboat (the entire crew were lost) and the Eliza Fernley (2 crewman perished). Twenty-seven crewmen in all perished in the attempt to resuce the stricken barque, "Mexico of Hamburg" on December 9th, 1886. A loaded coach with a team of horses is in the background just behind the monument.

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