The rescue of the Mexico - one of the RNLIs greatest tragedies

Name: The rescue of the Mexico - one of the RNLIs greatest tragedies
Uploaded: 2021-10-11T15:00:45+00:00
Duration: 1 min 36 s
Channel: Blackpool Gazette
Description: On 9 December 1886, the RNLI suffered what remains its greatest single loss, when 27 volunteers from Southport and Lytham St Anne's RNLI perished while attempting to rescue the crew of the Mexico.

Blackpool Gazette

5 years ago

On 9 December 1886, the RNLI suffered what remains its greatest single loss, when 27 volunteers from Southport and Lytham St Anne's RNLI perished while attempting to rescue the crew of the Mexico.