Rye Harbour remembers
All 17 crew members of the Mary Stanford Lifeboat lost their lives when the boat capsized in heavy seas off Rye on November 15 1928 while answering a distress call.
They were all Harbour men and included fathers and sons and brothers. It remains the worst disaster in the history of the RNLI.
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Hide AdThe Mary Stanford had launched just after 4am in 80mph winds to go to the aid of a small Latvian steamer Alice of Riga which was in collision with a larger German Vessel.
A service of remembrance takes place at Rye Harbour Church every year It was followed by wreath laying at the Mary Stanford Memorial in the church-yard and a rose was placed on the memorial stone of each crew-member.
Rye Mayor Bernardine Fiddimore attended the service and ceremony and laid a wreath.