St Mary's Lifeboat Station

St Mary's Lifeboat Station
RNLI Lifeboat station
Country UK
State St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
Town Hugh Town
Location St Mary's Lifeboat Station, Harbour Bay, Hugh Town, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
 - coordinates GB 49°55′8.4″N 6°18′25.2″W / 49.919000°N 6.307000°W / 49.919000; -6.307000Coordinates: GB 49°55′8.4″N 6°18′25.2″W / 49.919000°N 6.307000°W / 49.919000; -6.307000
Founded 1837
Owner Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Visitation Summer Months only
St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
St Mary's Lifeboat RNLB Whiteheads

St Mary's Lifeboat Station is situated in St Mary's Harbour, Isles of Scilly and has been an important station for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution since the service began in 1837, however without service between 1855 and 1874.

Lifeboats at St Mary's

Dates in service Class ON Op. No. Name Comments
1874–1895 Oared lifeboat
1895–1919 42ft Self-righter ON 271 Henry Dundas (later renamed Tom & Jenny)
1919–1930 45ft Watson-class ON 648 Elsie First motor lifeboat at station
1930–1953 45ft 6in Watson-class ON 728 Cunard
1955–1981 46ft 9in Watson-class ON 926 Guy and Clare Hunter Last slipway launched boat
1981–1997 Arun-class ON 1073 52-18 Robert Edgar
1997–present Severn-class ON 1229 17-11 The Whiteheads

Awards

St Mary's Lifeboat has received fifty-six awards for gallantry.[1]

The most recent was in 2004 when Bronze Medals were awarded to Coxswain Andrew Howells and Crew Members Mark Bromham and Philip Roberts for the rescue of an injured man from a yacht on 29 October 2003.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/southwest/stations/StMarysIslesofScilly/
  2. ↑ http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/southwest/stations/StMarysIslesofScilly/history
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