Whitby Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat station located in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. It is one of nine situated along the Yorkshire coast. Whitby has had a lifeboat station since 1802, with the RNLI responsible since 1861. In its 200 plus year history, Whitby has had five different lifeboat stations. A sixth lifeboat and station was located at Upgang, just up the coast from Whitby, and whilst it was considered separate from Whitby, it was crewed by men from the Whitby lifeboat.
Whitby Lifeboat Station
The Lifeboat Museum, Whitby
Henry Freeman (lifeboatman) Attribution: Frank Meadow Sutcliffe and The Sutcliffe Gallery
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest of the lifeboat services operating around the coasts of the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, as well as on some inland waterways.
Memorial in Douglas, Isle of Man to the lifeboat rescue of the sailors from the St George in 1830
ON440 RNLB Licensed Victuallers III, a standard self-righter built in 1900
An Arun-class lifeboat
RNLI lifeguards on duty at Sennen in Cornwall