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Location
In St Mary the Virgin Church, Brook Description and history Wooden board inscribed with details of shipwrecks and lives saved See also RNLI Plaque 1 RNLI Plaque 2 RNLI Plaque 3 RNLI Plaque 5 |
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Memorial
Plaque 
RNLI Silver medal |
Inscription
LIST OF LIVES SAVED BY THE BROOKE LIFEBOAT OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION Vessels and lives saved
[1] The R.N.L.I. Medal in silver, was awarded 14 April 1916 to Benjamin Jacobs, Coxswain of the Brooke Lifeboat. The citation reads : ‘4 February 1916: In a south-westerly gale raging on the night of the 3rd, the Norwegian barque Souvenir of Trevisand was wrecked to the south-east of Brooke, Isle of Wight. She had already become derelict and unmanageable in the violent gale off St. Catherine’s and drifted through the darkness, stranding hard and fast on the Great Stag Ledge in an area of comparitively shallow water studded with rocks. The self-righting lifeboat Susan Ashley launched just before 8.30 a.m. but was unable to get alongside the wreck. The barque’s crew therefore donned lifebelts and jumped into the sea. Although they were carried in different directions, the lifeboat succeeded in picking up the nine crew, although the steward died shortly afterwards from exhaustion. The Master refused to leave his ship and stayed in his cabin. The vessel broke up before the lifeboat could return to try to save him, and his body was recovered next day.’ The recommendation for the award was made in February 1916 but only confirmed in April following an investigation into the events of the service. The medal was sold at auction in June 2005 for £1800. |
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