The RNLI Seaton lifeboat Francis Whitbourn being hauled towards the beach for a practice launch in 1908. She was donated by Robert Lodge and had cost £802. She was in use from January 1908 until April 1922 when the lifeboat station at Seaton ceased to be. In this time she was instrumental in saving 21 lives.
HHT&N 547
Date (of image) : 1908
Donor : Maureen Anderson
Location
Images and material relating to the Lifeboats and their crews, stationed at Hartlepool, West Hartlepool and Seaton Carew since the early 1800s.
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