Station boat history
The following information details the order in which each of the lifeboats
served at Whitby lifeboat station, which I hope you find of interest.
In presenting photographs of Whitby
Lifeboats, themselves it seems only right to host this page detailing
when the boats served the station and a summary of their successes.
The Record of Upgang Station
1865 - 1919 |
|
Launches on Service |
Lives Rescued |
War Record 1939 - 1945 |
11 |
9 |
Medal Record |
44 |
103 |
Thirty-five medals have been awarded to the stations
crews, 5 gold, 14 Silver and 16 Bronze, the last being awarded in 1993.
WHITBY |
Original No 1 Station (West
Side) |
ON |
Lifeboat |
Period |
Launches |
Lives Rescued |
Cost £ |
|
LUCY |
1861-1870 |
9 |
53 |
182 |
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Legacy of A J Jaffray of London |
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A second LUCY |
1870-1871 |
1 |
4 |
248 |
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Renamed ROBERT WHITWORTH |
1871-1881 |
21 |
126 |
|
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Gift of Manchester Branch for R Whitworth |
180 |
ROBERT AND MARY ELLIS (Self-righter) |
1881-1908 |
37 |
43 |
363 |
|
Legacy of Mrs Mary Ann Ellis of Harrogate |
588 |
ROBERT AND MARY ELLIS as above |
1908-1934 |
15 |
11 |
887 |
|
Station Closed In 1934 |
|
83 |
237 |
|
WHITBY |
Original No 2 Station (East
Side) |
ON |
Lifeboat |
Period |
Launches |
Lives Rescued |
Cost £ |
|
A lifeboat |
1861-1872 |
2 |
18 |
|
|
HARRIOTT FORTEATH |
1872 - 1879 |
9 |
34 |
|
|
Legacy of Mrs Harriott Forteath of Nottingham |
|
HARRIOTT FORTEATH |
1879 - 1881 |
4 |
6 |
|
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A second lifeboat of same name |
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HARRIOTT FORTEATH |
1881 - 1887 |
4 |
5 |
|
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A third lifeboat of same name |
114 |
CHRISTOPHER (Self-righter) |
1887 - 1895 |
2 |
|
325 |
|
Anonymous gift |
|
Temporary lifeboats |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
105 |
300 |
|
379 |
JOHN FIELDEN |
1895 - 1914 |
40 |
62 |
305 |
|
Gift of John A Fielden of London |
|
Temporary lifeboats |
|
35 |
98 |
722 |
594 |
WILLIAM RILEY OF BIRMINGHAM
AND LEAMINGTON |
1919 - 1931 |
|
|
|
|
Rubie Class - Legacy of William Riley of Leamington |
580 |
JACOB AND RACHAEL VALLENTINE |
1931 -1938 |
15 |
19 |
730 |
|
Legacy of Mr S Vallentine of Brixton Road, London |
522 |
RICHARD |
1938 - 1941 |
1 |
0 |
665 |
|
Gift of Miss Anne Dixon |
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Renamed JACOB AND RACHAEL VALLENTINE |
1941 - 1947 |
4 |
0 |
|
669 |
ROBERT AND ELLEN ROBSON |
1947 - 1959 |
15 |
0 |
1616 |
|
Station Closed In 1957 |
|
246 |
489 |
|
Present Whitby Lifeboat Station |
ON |
Lifeboat |
Period |
Launches |
Lives Rescued |
Cost £ |
667 |
MARGARET HARKER SMITH - The First Motor Lifeboat |
1919 - 1938 |
117 |
86 |
5023 |
|
Legacy of Miss Harker Smith of Tunbridge Wells and
a Whitby Fund |
|
Temporary lifeboats |
1938 - 1974 |
4 |
1 |
|
808 |
MARY ANN HEPWORTH - Watson Class |
1938 - 1974 |
377 |
205 |
6576 |
|
Gift of W Hepworth of Hull |
|
|
Total |
744 |
781 |
|
1033 |
THE WHITE ROSE OF YORKSHIRE - Waveney Class |
1974 - 1988 |
239 |
51 |
70000 |
|
Gift of Miss Gwynaeth Milburn of Harrogate |
1131 |
CITY OF SHEFFIELD - Tyne Class |
1988 - 1996 |
239 |
88 |
560000 |
|
The cost of this lifeboat was
met from the City of Sheffield lifeboat appeal with the bequest
of Mrs Mary Mable Walker and other gifts and legacies
|
|
Temporary lifeboats |
1988 - 1988 |
47 |
24 |
|
|
|
Total |
1303 |
952 |
|
1212 |
GEORGE AND MARY WEBB Present Lifeboat – Trent Class |
1996 - Present |
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Funded by The Mary Webb Trust |
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Temporary lifeboats |
1996 - Present |
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Inshore lifeboats |
1996 - Present |
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This is clearly a page that will evolve with time and whilst I look
forward to updating it, it can only come about as a result of the inshore
and offshore lifeboats being called out, not a nourishing thought at
all.
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