Mary Roberts survived both the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and the Rohilla in 1914.
A woman has thanked the RNLI for saving her great-grandmother in a shipwreck two years after she survived the sinking of the Titanic.when it sank in 1912.
The Rohilla sank on 30 October 1914 after running around on Saltwick Nab, a reef near Whitby, during a storm when lighthouses were not lit up due to World War One. "You can't imagine in those times rowing in rough seas, October storms and then Mary climbing over board in long dresses - she must have been mad."Hayley Whiting, RNLI heritage and archive manager, said: "Whitby lifeboats were launched but it's an incredibly difficult . It was in gale conditions and those lifeboats were pulling and sailing lifeboats - so men in row boats were going out to the ship in gale force conditions.
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