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| Picture No | 10215897 |
| Date | 1928 |
| Description | Rye lifeboatmen, their prefered lifebelt. |
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The Rye Lifeboat disaster. The type of lifebelt preferred by the Rye Lifeboat men. On the 15th November a horrendous disaster occurred causing a crew of seventeen lifeboat men to perish in a raging sea. The crew belonged to Rye Harbour, the whole village went into mourning. The inquest criticised the lifebelts, they were found completely water logged.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News. 24th November 1928 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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