Barry Dock Lifeboat Station

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Barry Dock Lifeboat Station
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Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
General information
Type RNLI Lifeboat Station
LocationThe Pierhead Buildings, The Outer Harbour, Barry Docks, Vale of Glamorgan, UK
Country Wales, UK
Coordinates 51°23′36″N3°15′43″W / 51.39329°N 3.26193°W / 51.39329; -3.26193
Opened1901
Owner Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Barry Dock Lifeboat Station (based in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales) was opened by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1901. [1] In 1922 the station received its first motor lifeboat, and in 1973 it was provided with a second lifeboat, which was eventually withdrawn from service in 1979. [2]

Contents

The station then received a series of three different Arun-class lifeboats. The station currently operates a Trent-class lifeboat called Inner Wheel II and a D-class (IB1) lifeboat called Frances Mary Corscadden was allocated to the station in 2018. Barry Dock Lifeboat station has been allocated a Shannon-class class lifeboat to named Richard and Caroline Colton II that is due to arrive on Station early in 2024

Fleet

All Weather Boats

Dates in serviceClassONOp. No.Name
1901–1922 Watson-class (Oared)John Wesley
1922–1937 45ft Watson-class ON677Prince David
1937–1969 41ft Watson-class ON806Rachel and Mary Evans
1969–1974 Waveney-class ON100544-006Arthur and Blanche Harris
1974–1997 Arun-class ON101852-01Arun(Renamed "Arun Adventurer" when sold out of service in 1997)
1997–2003ON108252-23Margaret Frances Love (Sold to China SAR renamed Huaying 398)
2003–2006ON113552-39Mickie Salvesen (Sold to Iceland SAR renamed Voraur II)
2006–present Trent-class ON124514-29Inner Wheel II
Due 2024 Shannon-class ON135813-51Richard and Caroline Colton II

Inshore Lifeboats

Dates in serviceClassOp. No.NameNotes
2014–2018 D-class (IB1) D-638Richard John Talbot HillierBoarding Boat/SAR
2018–present D-class (IB1) D-820Frances Mary Corscadden

Station honours

The following are among the RNLI medals and other awards presented to crew members from Barry Dock Lifeboat Station: [2]

Award dateNameAwardNotes
1907Mr Daniel ReesGold MedalFor the rescue of three people from the yacht Firefly.
Mr Ivor ReesSilver Medal
Mr D Morgan ReesThanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum
Mr Harold M LloydFramed Letter of Thanks
1914Pilot Apprentice Daniel P DaviesSilver MedalFor rescuing two men from the ketch Elizabeth Couch.
1935Honorary Secretary/Acting Coxswain Archibald C JonesSilver MedalFor a dangerous service to rescue six crew from the schooner Goeland.
Second Coxswain Henry HobbsBronze Medal
Mechanic Hewitt Swarts
Crew Member Stanley Alexander
Crew Member Thomas Alexander
Crew Member William Cook
Crew Member Henry Housden
Crew Member Frederick Searle
1941Coxswain David LewisSilver MedalFor rescuing 10 people from the steamer South Coaster during a gale on 6 December 1940.
2003Honorary Secretary Edward "Ted" George William Powell MBE Awarded an MBE in Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Honours. [3]

Station fatalities

On 13 January 1965 Coxswain Swarts died while working on the Watson-class lifeboat Rachel and Mary Evans when he fell to the concrete floor of the boathouse. [2]

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References

  1. RNLI: Barry Dock Lifeboat Station History Archived 26 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 RNLI Barry Dock page: Station history
  3. "No. 56963". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2003. p. 22.