The Rohilla rescue took place over three days during World War I, starting on 30 October 1914. The hospital ship was enroute to help the wounded at Dunkirk when she hit rocks off Whitby. What followed is a remarkable story of endurance, involving seven lifeboats from four stations. 84 people were lost, 145 were saved. Incredibly, one of the nurses saved, Mary Kezia Roberts, had also been rescued from the Titanic. During the War we launched 1,808 times. Watch to learn about just some of these ama

The wonderful crew at Whitby RNLI lifeboat are excited to announce that their station has been chosen as the location for the next Launch a Memory lifeboat! Celebrate the life of a loved one by adding their names in the letters and numbers printed on their side of their new Shannon class lifeboat. Make a donation on our website to add your loved one: https://rnli.social/3UUgE3Y #LaunchAMemory #Whitby #WhitbyRNLI #Celebrate #Yorkshire #Remember #ShannonClass #Lifeboat #WhitbyLifeboat #Lifeboats #

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