North Berwick Lifeboat Station

North Berwick Lifeboat Station
RNLI Lifeboat station
North Berwick Lifeboat Station
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Country Scotland, UK
State East Lothian
Town North Berwick
Location Victoria Road, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
 - coordinates 56°3′37.2″N 2°43′3.5″W / 56.060333°N 2.717639°W / 56.060333; -2.717639Coordinates: 56°3′37.2″N 2°43′3.5″W / 56.060333°N 2.717639°W / 56.060333; -2.717639
Founded 1860
Owner Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Visitation Summer Months only
North Berwick, East Lothian

North Berwick Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) marine-rescue facility in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.

The RNLI first allotted a lifeboat to North Berwick in 1869, in response to the nearby shipwreck of the schooner Bubona the year before.[1] The station closed in 1925 but was re-established in 1967, when the viewers of the BBC children's television programme Blue Peter funded the purchase of four D class lifeboats—one of which, the Blue Peter III, was assigned to North Berwick.[2] Between the years of 1967 and 2013 five Blue Peter Lifeboats were placed on station, all named Blue Peter III and collectively rescued over 277 people.[3]

The current Lifeboat on station is a D-class (D758), the Evelyn M, named after Evelyn Murdoch whose charitable trust (the Evelyn M Murdoch charitable trust) paid for the construction of the vessel. The lifeboat was handed over to the RNLI at a ceremony in September, 2013. The Lifeboat was accepted on behalf of the RNLI and passed into the care of volunteer crew at North Berwick Lifeboat Station by Sir Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary at the Scottish Government and RNLI Council Member. The Service of Dedication was led by Reverend Neil Dougall and named ‘Evelyn M’ by Helen Hanson, trustee of the Miss Evelyn M Murdoch Charitable Trust.[4]

In the last 100 years the station's rescue crews have received three RNLI awards for gallantry and three Blue Peter gold badges.[5]

Fleet

All Weather Lifeboats (ALBs)

Dates in service Class Name
1860–???? Pulling & Sailing Caroline
????–1925 Various

Inshore Lifeboats (ILBs)

Dates in service Class Op. No. Name
1967–1973 D-class (RFD PB16) D-112 Blue Peter III
1973–1984 D-class (Zodiac III) D-216 Blue Peter III
1984–1993 D-class (EA16) D-306 Blue Peter III
1993–2004 D-class (EA16) D-452 Blue Peter III
2004–2013 D-class (IB1) D-619 Blue Peter III
2013–present D-class (IB1) D-758 Evelyn M

References

  1. ↑ Douglas C. Seaton. "Lifeboat Back on Station". Royal Burgh of North Berwick. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  2. ↑ "North Berwick History". RNLI. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "End of an era for North Berwick lifeboat station". RNLI. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "New Lifeboat, the ‘Evelyn M’ named in ceremony at North Berwick". RNLI. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Lifeboat Station: North Berwick". RNLI. Retrieved 17 December 2009.

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