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Between 1802 (when the first lifeboat was launched at Whitby) and 2009, 24 lifeboat crew members were lost from Whitby. Their names are commemorated in the RNLI memorial at Poole in Dorset. A news report in 2022 stated that in its more than 200-year history, the Whitby lifeboat had been launched over 2,900 times, and saved over 1,230 people. [26]
A crew from Whitby made up the numbers on the lifeboat until such a time as all men on the boat were recruited locally. [5] [11] [12] The lifeboat house was built to a standard design by the official RNLI architect, and was placed just inland from the main slipway into the sea at Robin Hood's Bay, on land donated by Sir Charles Strickland. [13]
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Upgang Lifeboat Station was located just over 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Whitby Harbour, midway between Whitby and Sandsend, on the coast of North Yorkshire. A lifeboat was first stationed here by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1865, effectively a No.3 station for Whitby Lifeboat Station .
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RNLB Ruby and Arthur Reed II (ON 1097) [1] was a Tyne-class lifeboat stationed at Cromer in the English county of Norfolk [2] from 16 December 1985 [3] and was the No 1 lifeboat between various relief’s [4] until she was replaced after 21 years service by the Tamar-class RNLB Lester (ON 1287) in December 2007.
Tramore Lifeboat Station closed officially in 1924, after a motor-powered lifeboat was placed at Dunmore East, approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the east. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After service at Tramore, Aberdeen and Whitby , the Robert and Ellen Robson (ON 669) was fully restored, and now takes pride of place at the RNLI Museum in Whitby .