St Mary's Lifeboat Station
St Mary's Lifeboat Station is situated in St Mary's Habour, 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 |
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Op. No. |
Name |
| 1874 - 1919 |
Oared lifeboat |
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Henry Dundas |
| 1919 - 1930 |
Motor lifeboat |
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Elsie |
| 1930 - 1953 |
Motor lifeboat |
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Cunard |
| 1955 - 1981 |
Watson Class |
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Guy and Clare Hunter |
| 1981 - 1997 |
Arun Class |
ON 1073 |
52-18 |
Robert Edgar |
| 1997 - present |
Severn Class |
ON 1229 |
17-11 |
The Whiteheads |
Lifeboats at St Agnes
St Agnes, also of the Isles of Scilly has owned two lifeboats: RNLB James and Caroline from 1890 being replaced in 1904 by the RNLB Charlie and Dure James whose service ended in 1920. The service was never resumed on St Agnes, but the remains of the slipways used to launch the boats are still noticeable on the coast.
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]
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