🏟️ Lifeboat Monument, St Annes

United Kingdom · Europe · 53.75°N, 3.03°W

The Lifeboat Monument, St Annes, stands on South Promenade, St Annes, Fylde, Lancashire, England. It commemorates the death of 13 lifeboatmen from St Annes who were lost in the attempt to rescue the crew of the German barque Mexico that had been driven into a sandbank in a gale in December 1886. The lifeboat from Southport also lost 14 of its 16 man crew in the disaster. The monument depicts a lifeboatman looking out to sea and standing on a rock-like plinth. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

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Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	53.75°N, 3.03°W · view on map

Lifeboat Monument, St Annes is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

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