Lifeboat Monument, St Annes

Lifeboat Monument, St Annes
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53°44′56″N 3°02′02″W / 53.74898°N 3.03381°W / 53.74898; -3.03381
LocationSouth Promenade, St Annes, Lancashire, England
DesignerW. B. Rhind
MaterialSandstone on an ashlar plinth
Opening date23 May 1888
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameLifeboat monument approximately 100 metres south east of St Annes Pier
Designated15 February 1993
Reference no.1196340

The Lifeboat Monument, St Annes, stands on South Promenade, St Annes, Fylde, Lancashire, England. It commemorates the death of 13 lifeboatmen from St Annes who were lost in the attempt to rescue the crew of the German barque Mexico that had been driven into a sandbank in a gale in December 1886. The lifeboat from Southport also lost 14 of its 16 man crew in the disaster. The monument depicts a lifeboatman looking out to sea and standing on a rock-like plinth. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.