LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
1886: the Wreck of the Mexico By Frank Kilroy
ON THE NIGHT of December 9, 1886, the German barque Mexico, bound from Liverpool for Guayaquil, Ecuador, with a general cargo and a crew of 12, was wrecked in the Ribble Estuary on the north west coast of England.
Three...
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Contents
Contents Volume XLIX Number 495 Chairman: THE DUKE OF ATHOLL Director and Secretary: REAR ADMIRAL W J GRAHAM CB MNI RNLI News.
Lifeboat Services.
Editor: EDWARD WAKE-WALKER Headquarters: Royal National...
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Frank Kilroy. In His Other Role As Curator of the Lytham Lifeboat Museum
Frank Kilroy. in his other role as curator of the Lytham lifeboat museum, explains to HRH The Duke of Kent about the display of artefacts from the wreck of the Mexico. - View image in PDF
Picture: Peier Owen/Creative. - View image in PDF
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Mexico
LYTHAM.—On the night of the 9th December, signals of distress having been Been, the Life-boat, Charles Biggs, was launched at 10 o'clock, and proceeded under sails and oars some distance to windward; she was then taken under oars across...
Mexico
An account of the rescue of part of the crew of the schooner Mexico on the 20th— 23rd February, 1914, when the Life- boat was wrecked, appears on page 144 of the May LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL..
The Frank
At about midnight on the 8-9th February the district police constable roused the coxswain of the Life-boat Mary Andrew, and reported that a vessel was ashore south of Bondicar and making distress signals. The crew were assembled and the boat...
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1886
YEAR after year the Board of Trade draws public attention to the shipping catas- trophes occurring on our rock-bound shores, as though to remind us that a large proportion of the luxuries and comforts we daily enjoy are obtained at the cost...
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The Lytham Life-Boat "Charles Biggs," Which Was Launched to the S.S. "Mexico" In 1886
8 •8 THE LYTHAM LIFE-BOAT "CHARLES BIGGS," WHICH WAS LAUNCHED TO THE S.S. "MEXICO" IN 1886. - View image in PDF
Inset, the late THOMAS CLARKSON, Coxswain.. - View image in PDF
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Above: the Mexico
Above: the Mexico some days after the disaster when her gear and cargo were being removed. She was eventually salvaged and displayed off Lytham for two years before being re-rigged and sold. She continued to trade until 1900 when, renamed... - View image in PDF
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Taken from a Painting By Edward Walker of the Mexico and Lytham Lifeboat See 'Prints for Sale' on P 301
Taken from a painting by Edward Walker of the Mexico and Lytham lifeboat. See 'Prints for Sale' on p. 301..
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