Blyth Lifeboat Station

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Blyth Lifeboat Station
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Blyth, Northumberland
General information
Type RNLI Lifeboat Station
LocationBlyth Lifeboat Station
AddressQuayside, South Harbour, Blyth, Northumberland
CountryUK
Coordinates 55°07′32″N1°29′53″W / 55.125491°N 1.497928°W / 55.125491; -1.497928
Opened1808
Owner Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Blyth Lifeboat Station is operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and currently operates a D-class (IB1) Sally Forth (D-878) [1] and a B-class (Atlantic 85) lifeboat Patricia Southall (B-923)

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In 2007 the inshore lifeboat was launched on service 22 times, 11 people were rescued and £31,800 worth of craft were recovered.

History

A lifeboat had first been based at Blyth in 1808, privately sponsored by Sir Matthew Ridley. This boat was wrecked on service in 1810 and was not replaced. In 1826 the Port of Newcastle Shipwreck Association funded a new Blyth lifeboat and in 1866 the RNLI took over the running of the station.

A second station had been established in 1854. It was renamed Cambois in 1899, but closed in 1927. [2]

In 1920, for the station's first motor lifeboat, the RNLI built a new boathouse and slipway which, with modifications over the years, is still in use for the "D" class inflatable today. The various motor lifeboats over the years were slipway launched until October 1982 when a Waveney-class fast afloat boat was allocated to the station. The Waveney served until replaced by a new 25-knot Trent-class boat in December 1995 (in fact, unusually, all of Blyth's motor lifeboats had been built new for the station).

However, a review of lifeboat provision in the North East led to the decision to withdraw the All-weather lifeboat from Blyth, and the station became inshore only on 16 July 2004. Inevitably, decisions to close or downgrade stations often lead to local concerns and following the RNLI's decision, the Blyth Volunteer Lifeboat Service was set up and purchased a 38-foot-6-inch Lochin lifeboat which had been built in 1990 for the Caister Volunteer Rescue Service (a body similarly set up after withdrawal of an RNLI all-weather boat). The boat, named Spirit of Blyth and Wansbeck, went into service in 2005. By 2021, the Blyth Volunteer Lifeboat Service had ceased operations. [3]

In 2023 the station's own crew had to be rescued, when the three members of crew were washed overboard from their D-class (IB1) lifeboat while performing a search. [4] The crew activated their Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon and fired a distress flare and were safely recovered. Their boat was rescued by Tynemouth Lifeboat.

Station Honours

The following are awards made at Blyth [2] [5]

Anthony Nixon, Coxswain - 1913 [6]
William Armstrong - 1829
Henry Kinch - 1841
James Kearney White, coastguard - 1852
James Kearney White, coastguard - 1852 (Second-Service Clasp)
John William Tinning, Coxswain -1898
Anthony Nixon, Coxswain - 1913
John Bushell, Coxswain - 1916
Thomas Fawcus, Coxswain - 1963
Josiah Wheatley, Coxswain - 1939
John Kerr, Bowman - 1963
Charles Hatcher, Coxswain - 1983
John Kerr, Bowman - 1963
John Bushell, Coxswain - 1916
Thomas Fawcus, Coxswain - 1959
to the other members of the crew - 1963
Keith Barnard, Coxswain - 1994
John Bushell, Coxswain - 1902
G Summerside, Acting Bowman - 1902
Coxswain - 1917
to each of the crew for their services - 1917
Dr Reginald Carr - 2016 [7]

Blyth Lifeboats

All-weather lifeboats

Blyth (No.1)

ON [lower-alpha 1] Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] NameIn service [8] ClassLaunches/
Saved		Comments
––Unnamed1826–1842 27ft Norfolk & Suffolk class (P&S) [9]
––Unnamed1845–1867 32ft Norfolk & Suffolk class (P&S) [9]
––Salford1867–188633-foot Self-righting (P&S) [9]
4–Dalmer1886–190134-foot 1in Self-righting (P&S)
501–Dash1902–192135-foot Self-righting (P&S)
654–Joseph Adlam1921–1948 45ft Watson 82/74
853– Winston Churchill
(Civil Service No.8) 		1948–1979 46ft 9in Watson 68/39
105437-36Shoreline1979–1982 Rother 9/1
107944-022The William and Jane1982–1995 Waveney 136/43Last Waveney built
120414-06 Windsor Runner
(Civil Service No.42) 		1995–2004 Trent 95/15

Blyth Cambois (No.2)

ON [lower-alpha 1] NameIn service [9] ClassLaunches/
Saved		Comments
–Unnamed,
Thomas Carr		1854–188031-foot Self-righting (P&S)
–Tom and Marion1880–188930-foot Self-righting (P&S)
250Oswald, Sarah & Jane1889–190031-foot Self-righting (P&S)
447John Anthony1900–192734-foot Self-righting (Rubie)Station Closed, 1927

Inshore lifeboats

D-class

Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] NameIn service [8] ClassComments
D-51Unnamed1965 D-class (RFD PB16)
D-53Unnamed1966–1973 D-class (RFD PB16)
D-210Unnamed1973–1986 D-class (RFD PB16)
D-324BBC Radio Newcastle II1987–1994 D-class (EA16) One of two boats funded by the Lifesaver Appeal on BBC Radio Newcastle in 1986 [10]
D-464Wren1994–2003 D-class (EA16)
D-606Jennie B2003–2012 D-class (IB1)
D-746Alan and Amy2012–2023 D-class (IB1) [11]
D-878Sally Forth2023– D-class (IB1) [1]

B-class

Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] NameIn service [8] ClassComments
B-796Miss Sally Anne (Baggy)2019 Atlantic 75
B-789Sure and Steadfast2019–2021 Atlantic 75
B-923Patricia Southall2021– Atlantic 85 [12]
  1. 1 2 ON is the RNLI's Official Number of the boat.
  2. 1 2 3 Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat carried on the hull.

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References

  1. 1 2 Buchan, Craig (7 July 2023). "Blyth RNLI takes delivery of new 'pocket rocket' D class inshore lifeboat". Northumberland Gazette. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Blyth's station history". RNLI. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Blyth All Weather Lifeboat". Charity Commission. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Lifeboat crew swept overboard during mission". BBC News. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Cox, Barry (1998). Lifeboat Gallantry. Spink & Son Ltd. ISBN   0 907605 89 3.
  6. ↑ "The Sea Gallantry Medal". Bernard de Neumann. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 4–132.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2021). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2021. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 2–65.
  10. ↑ "Ceremonies". RNLI.
  11. ↑ "Blyth RNLI lifeboat dedicated to volunteer's parents". RNLI. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  12. ↑ Palmer, Robin (21 May 2021). "New arrival at Blyth RNLI". RNLI. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
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