St Mary's Lifeboat

St Mary's Lifeboat

The St Mary's Lifeboat is stationed 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.

The launch of St Mary's Lifeboat is usually marked by two maroons being fired from the boathouse.

In 2005, Nathan Woodcock took over from Andy Brown as chief mechanic, the only full-time paid position on board in the RNLI.

The lifeboats

*1874 to 1919 - RNLB "Henry Dundas"
*1919 to 1930 - RNLB "Elsie", first motor lifeboat for the Islands
*1930 to 1953 - RNLB "Cunard"
*1955 to 1981 - RNLB "Guy and Clare Hunter"
*1981 to 1997 - RNLB "Robert Edgar", "Arun"-class
*1997 to present - RNLB "The Whiteheads" (17-11), "Severn"-class

t Agnes Lifeboats

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 twenty-three awards for gallantry.

The most recent was in 1993 and awarded to Barry Bennett for saving the lone yachtsman on board the "Bacarole".

External links

* [http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/southwest/stations/StMarysIslesofScilly/ RNLI Lifeboat Stations] - St Mary's
* [http://scillynews.severecci.net/?p=11046 Scilly News] - Lifeboats of Scilly
* [http://www.nelsonsboats.co.uk/photos.html ex-RNLB "The Guy and Clare Hunter"] The former Isles of Scilly Lifeboat


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