Whitby Lifeboat

 

Original No. 2 Lifeboat Station

A summary of the Whitby lifeboat station based on the West side, looking at its boats.

Lifeboat
Period
Services
Lives Saved
Petrel
1822-1871
12
68
Harriott Forteath
1872-1879
9
34
Harriott Forteath
1879-1881
4
6
Harriott Forteath
1881 1895
4
5
Christopher
1887-1895
2
0
John Feilden
1895-1914
40
62
Temporary Lifeboat
1895-1919
36
98
William Riley of Birmingham and Leamington
1919-1931
31
10
Jacob and Rachael Vallentine
1931-1938
15
19
Richard
1938-1947
5
0
Robert and Ellen Robson
1947-1957
15
0
TOTAL
1822-1957
173
302

Note: This does not of course complete the story as it is an ongoing story and one that will undoubtedly run for many years to come.

I have some work to do to this page as there are a number of lifeboats missing.

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