53°44′56″N 3°02′02″W / 53.74898°N 3.03381°W | |
Location | South Promenade, St Annes, Lancashire, England |
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Designer | W. B. Rhind |
Material | Sandstone on an ashlar plinth |
Opening date | 23 May 1888 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Lifeboat monument approximately 100 metres south east of St Annes Pier |
Designated | 15 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.