Lieutenant Joseph Sykes Lifeboat/Tablet


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Reference WMO/236464

Address:

RNLI Whitby Lifeboat Museum

Pier Road

Whitby

YO21 3PU

England

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Status: Damaged
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • China (19C and 20C)
About the memorial: Damaged stone tablet (split in 2 pieces), not on display but stored behind folding doors, although appears to have been hung or mounted
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'The cost of this lifeboat was bequeathed to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution by the widow of Lt Joseph Sykes RN in grateful remembrance of his rescue from the wreck of HMS Alceste in the year 1817.'

Lt Joseph Sykes RN

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