Mary Stanford Lifeboat
The Mary Stanford Lifeboat (ON661) was a vessel which capsized in Rye Harbour in 1928.
The disaster was the worst for many years. It occurred on 15 November 1928 when the whole of the 17 man crew of the Mary Stanford Lifeboat were drowned, practically the whole male fishing population of the small town of Rye.
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