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Description: | inscription, painting, yellow lettering against a black ground, Lifeboat - TYNE
This lifeboat built in the year 1833
was presented to the trustees of the
Tyne lifeboat institution by the late
Thomas Forrest Esq, Shipowner of
South Shields. It has been instrumental
in rescuing 1,028 shipwrecked persons
and was handed over by the trustees
to the care of the Corporation in 1894.
Painted wooden sign with pointed top and straight 'shoulders', incorporating a circular lifeboat motif, carved in relief, at top centre (sign was originally sited beside the preserved lifeboat 'Tyne' on Sea Road, South Shields). Hand-painted yellow lettering against a black ground (text gives a brief history of the lifeboat 'Tyne' which saved 1,028 lives at sea). Two large metal bolts secure the sign to a post at the rear (post has been sawn-off at base of the sign).
Material: wood | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.365622 | Go to resource |
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