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The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsizes in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Rescue charity operating in Britain and Ireland
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest of the lifeboat services operating around the coasts of the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, as well as on some inland waterways.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
RNLB Mary Stanford (ON 661)
Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat; sank during a rescue mission in 1928
RNLB Mary Stanford was a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Liverpool-class pulling and sailing type lifeboat stationed in Rye Harbour. On 15 November 1928 the Mary Stanford capsized, drowning the entire crew of 17.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Rye Harbour
Village near Rye, Sussex, England
Rye Harbour is a village located on the East Sussex coast in southeast England, near the estuary of the River Rother: it is part of the civil parish of Icklesham and the Rother district. Rye Harbour is located some two miles (3.2 km) downstream of the town of Rye.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Day of the year
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