Mary White (lifeboat)

For other ships with the same name, see Mary White (trawler).

Mary White was a lifeboat based in Broadstairs, Kent, England, named in 1851 after the completion of an heroic rescue of a brig, the Mary White.

Mary White with her sister boat, Culmer White, took part in the rescue of Northern Belle in January 1857. Northern Belle was a US transatlantic ship which ran aground near Thanet in blizzard conditions. Culmer White and Mary White made repeated trips to the damaged Belle and saved the entire crew.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ All about Ramsgate & Broadstairs. W. Kent & Company. 1864. pp. 58–62.
  2. ^ Leach, Nicholas (2014). The Lifeboat Service in South East England: Station by Station. Amberley Publishing Limited. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-1-4456-1757-2.

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