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A brief history of Brighton Lifeboat

1839

Silver medal awarded to Leiut G Franklin RN for the rescue of the Master and five men, being the whole crew of the Brig Zebra on 19 January

1838

Silver medal awarded to Lieut E Franklin RN when, with two coastguards, he rescued by wading into the sea with ropes the Master and seven crew of the Brig Friends, who were in the rigging on 29 October

1824

Lifeboat station first established.

1824

Silver medal awarded to Charles Watts for the rescue of three people from a Brighton pleasure boat on 15 June.

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