Mary White (lifeboat)

The 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.

The lifeboat was launched from Broadstairs beach.

The crew of theMary White in their life-boat drawn through Broadstairs

The return of the Mary White from the wreck of the Northern Belle with seven of the crew

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

See also

• Song of the Mary White
• Culmer White

References

1. All about Ramsgate & Broadstairs. W. Kent & Company. 1864. pp. 58–62.
2. Leach, Nicholas (15 April 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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