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The Mary White was a
The Mary White was a lifeboat
Lifeboat may refer to:
Rescue vessels
* Lifeboat (shipboard), a small craft aboard a ship to allow for emergency escape
* Lifeboat (rescue), a boat designed for sea rescues
* Airborne lifeboat, an air-dropped boat used to save downed airmen
A ...
based in Broadstairs
Broadstairs is a coastal town on the Isle of Thanet in the Thanet district of east Kent, England, about east of London. It is part of the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, which includes St Peter's, and had a population in 2011 of ...
, Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, England, named in 1851 after the completion of an heroic rescue of a brig
A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square rig, square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel or warship from then until the ...
, the ''Mary White''.
The ''Mary White'' with its sister boat, the ''Culmer White
The ''Culmer White'' was a 19th-century lifeboat of the Isle of Thanet, Kent, England.
With its sister boat, the '' Mary White'', it took part in the rescue of the ''Northern Belle
The ''Northern Belle'' was an American transatlantic ship ...
'', took part in the rescue of the ''Northern Belle
The ''Northern Belle'' was an American transatlantic ship which ran aground near Thanet District, Thanet, England, on 5 January 1857. No lives on her were lost, thanks to heroic rescue efforts, in blizzard conditions. However, another ship sa ...
'' 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.
See also
* Song of the Mary White *Culmer White
The ''Culmer White'' was a 19th-century lifeboat of the Isle of Thanet, Kent, England.
With its sister boat, the '' Mary White'', it took part in the rescue of the ''Northern Belle
The ''Northern Belle'' was an American transatlantic ship ...
References
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