Middlesbrough Lifeboat Station

In 1854, the Tees Bay Lifeboat and Shipwreck Society decided to place a lifeboat at Middlesbrough. The lifeboat was a 30-foot self-righting 'pulling and sailing' (P&S) lifeboat, one with oars and sails, and was constructed locally by R. Craggs of Stockton-on-Tees, to the design of James Peake. A boathouse was constructed on the quay at the Dock Cut, near to the Dock Masters office. At the request of the TBLSS, and agreed at the meeting of the RNLI committee of management on 5 August 1858, the management of their three stations, , and Middlesbrough, was transferred to the RNLI. Each station was visited prior to the transfer by Capt. John Ward, RNLI Inspector of Lifeboats, who requested…