Aberdeen Lifeboat Station

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Aberdeen Lifeboat Station
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Aberdeen, Scotland
General information
Type RNLI Lifeboat Station
LocationVictoria Dock Entrance,
AddressWaterloo Quay Aberdeen, AB11 5DF
Country Scotland, UK
Coordinates 57°08′39″N2°04′52″W / 57.14413°N 2.08103°W / 57.14413; -2.08103
Opened1802
Owner Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Aberdeen Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) marine-rescue facility in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. Aberdeen was one of the first lifeboat stations to be established in Scotland, it was founded in 1802. [1]

Contents

The station is currently equipped with a Severn-class lifeboat, the Bon Accord and a D-class (IB1) inshore lifeboat, the Buoy Woody 85N. [1]

Station honours

The following are awards made at Aberdeen [2] [3]

Lt. Henry Randall, RN - 1825
Lt. John Sanderson, RN - 1830
Lt. Thomas Langton, RN - 1830
James Robinson, Steam Tug Owner - 1844
Thomas Marshall Sinclair, Coxswain - 1937
Thomas Marshall Sinclair, Coxswain - 1937 (Second-Service clasp)
Albert William Bird, Coxswain - 1974
Ian Jack, Motor Mechanic - 1974
Thomas Marshall Sinclair, Coxswain - 1936
Alexander Weir , Mechanic - 1937
John Masson, crew member - 1937
George Alan Flett, Second Coxswain - 1937
Robert James Brown Esson, Acting Motor Mechanic - 1937
Charles Begg, Second Coxswain - 1976
George Alan Flett, Second Coxswain - 1937
James Cowper, Second Assistant Mechanic - 1937
Robert James Brown Esson, Assistant Mechanic - 1937
John M Noble, crew member - 1937
Alexander S Masson, crew member - 1937
George A Flett, Coxswain - 1953
George A Flett, Coxswain - 1956
George Walker, Assistant Mechanic - 1974
F Cruickshank, crew member - 1974
A Walker, crew member - 1974
Ian Jack, Motor Mechanic - 1976
William Grieve Deans, Lifeboat Operations Manager - 2018 [4]

Aberdeen Lifeboats

All-weather lifeboats

No. 1 Station

ON [lower-alpha 1] Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] NameIn serviceClassComments
––1802–1820 Greathead-class 10 OarRun by Harbour Commission
No lifeboat
––1841–185730-foot PullingRun by Harbour Commission
––Bon Accord I1857–1924Self-Righting PullingRun by Harbour Commission
505–Reserve No.7C1925–192640-foot Watson-class (P&S)Previously William Roberts at Littlehaven
693–Emma Constance1926–1951 Barnett
889–HiltBriggs1951–1958 Barnett
944–Ramsay Dyce1958–1976 Barnett
105052-05B.P. Forties1976–1998 Arun
113552-39Mickie Salvesen1998–2000 Arun
124817-24Bon Accord2000– Severn

No. 2 Station

ON [lower-alpha 1] NameIn serviceClassComments
–Bon Accord II1875–1924Self-Righting PullingRun by Harbour Commission
669Robert and Ellen Robson1924–193934-foot Self-righting (Rubie-class) (P&S)
827George and Elizabeth Gow1939–1943 Liverpool
669Robert and Ellen Robson1943–194734-foot Self-righting (Rubie-class) (P&S)
827George and Elizabeth Gow1947–1962 Liverpool

Inshore lifeboats

Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] NameIn serviceClassComments
D-168unnamed1968–1981 D-class (RFD PB16)
D-281Sewing Machine Times1981–1989 D-class (Zodiac III)
D-386Trevor Edwin Jones1989–1998 D-class (EA16)
D-536Margaret II1998–2008 D-class (EA16)
D-694James Bissett Simpson2008–2018 D-class (IB1)
D-830Buoy Woody - 85N2018– D-class (IB1) [5]
  1. 1 2 ON is the RNLI's Official Number of the boat.
  2. 1 2 Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat carried on the hull.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Aberdeen Lifeboat Station". RNLI. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Aberdeen's station history". RNLI. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. ↑ Cox, Barry (1998). Lifeboat Gallantry. Spink & Son Ltd. ISBN   0 907605 89 3.
  4. ↑ "Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  5. ↑ McNeill, Terry (21 April 2019). "New Aberdeen lifeboat named for men lost in helicopter tragedy". RNLI. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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