Mary White (lifeboat)

thumb|The lifeboat was launched from Broadstairs beach.

thumb| The crew of Mary White in their lifeboat drawn through [[Broadstairs]]

thumb|The return of Mary White from the wreck of Northern Belle with seven of the crew

Mary White was a lifeboat based in Broadstairs, Kent, England, named in 1851 after the completion of an heroic rescue of a brig, the Mary White.

Mary White with her sister boat, Culmer White, took part in the rescue of Northern Belle in January 1857. Northern Belle was a US transatlantic ship which ran aground near Thanet in blizzard conditions. Culmer White and Mary White made repeated trips to the damaged Belle and saved the entire crew.

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