Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Brighstone : St Mary the Virgin Church : RNLI plaque 2 -

Location

In St Mary the Virgin Church, Brighstone
 
Description and history

Wooden board inscribed with details of shipwrecks and lives saved

See also

RNLI Plaque 1
RNLI Plaque 3

Memorial


 

Inscription


Vessels and lives saved

The first Life Boat placed on this Station by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was sent here in 1860.
It was presented to the Institution by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club and was named The "RESCUE"
In 1866 that Life Boat was replaced by another bearing the same name after having saved 138 lives from the following vessels :
		Lives saved
1862 April 2nd	Barque "CEDARINE" of Bermuda	134
1864 Jany 19th	Schooner "THETIS" of London	4
		----
		138
In 1880 this Life Boat was replaced by a new and larger Boat after having saved 49 lives from the following vessels :
		Lives saved
1872 May 4th	Brig "L'ETOILE" of St Malo	8
1873 Feby 3rd	Steamer "WOODHAM" of Christiania	20
" " March 4th	Steamer "QUAIL" of Cork	7
1879 Feby 9th	Barque "ALPHEUS MARSHALL" of Digby N.S.	14
		----
		49
		----
	By Order
	RICHARD LEWIS
Royal National Lifeboat Institution 1880