Lifeboat Monument, St Annes
The Lifeboat Monument, St Annes, stands on South Promenade, St Annes, Fylde, Lancashire, England. It commemorates the death of 13 lifeboatmen from St Annes who were lost in the attempt to rescue the crew of the German barque Mexico that had been driven into a sandbank in a gale in December 1886. The lifeboat from Southport also lost 14 of its 16 man crew in the disaster. The monument depicts a lifeboatman looking out to sea and standing on a rock-like plinth. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated GradeĀ II listed building.
Lifeboat Monument, St Annes
Mexico was a barque that was wrecked off Southport on 9 December 1886. She was repaired only to be lost in Scottish waters in 1890.
Mexico beached
Memorial at St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham, Lancashire, UK to the loss of the RNLI lifeboat "Laura Janet" 9 December 1886.
Detail of memorial at St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham, Lancashire, UK to the loss of the RNLI lifeboat "Laura Janet" 9 December 1886.
Detail of memorial at St Cuthbert's Church, Lytham, Lancashire, UK to the loss of the RNLI lifeboat "Laura Janet" 9 December 1886.