Paid for by subscribers to the English Mechanic and World of Science magazine, the RNLI lifeboat English Mechanic arrived at Dundee’s West Station on 5 June 1876 and was called out on her first service that same day. One of the English Mechanic’s notable service calls was to the Russian schooner Neils which had been driven ashore off Monifeith in a violent storm on 4 March 1881. Coxswain George Anderson wrote later of how, beset by blinding snow squalls, “The [lifeboat] crew exerted themselves to the utmost to rescue the crew [of the Neils] before it became totally dark and, after two hours hard pulling, got alongside and took off the crew, five in number, and landed them at Broughty Ferry shortly before 8.00 p.m.” Replaced in 1888 by the Samuel Shawcross, English Mechanic had saved 17 lives during her service at Broughty Ferry.
This model was brought to you with help from Museums Galleries Scotland as part of the ‘Exploring the Ship Model Collection at the McManus’ project.
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