Filey Lifeboat Station

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Filey Lifeboat Station
Filey Lifeboat Station
General information
Type RNLI Lifeboat Station
Location Filey, North Yorkshire
CountryEngland
Coordinates 54°12′41″N0°17′00″W / 54.2113°N 0.2834°W / 54.2113; -0.2834
Opened1991
Owner Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Website
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Filey Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat station located in the town of Filey, North Yorkshire, England. It is one of eight operational RNLI lifeboat stations situated on the Yorkshire Coast. [1]

Contents

Filey's first lifeboat was stationed in the town in 1804 and it became an RNLI asset in 1852. Filey is home to two lifeboats; a B-class (Atlantic 85), Marjorie Shepherd (B-928), and a D-class (IB1), The Rotarian (D-859). [2]

History

A lifeboat station was first established at Filey in 1804. [3] The station was taken over by the RNLI in 1852 and they erected a new lifeboathouse. [4] In 1890, the third lifeboathouse to be built in Filey was opened. [5]

In the late spring of 1860, a hurricane hit Filey and destroyed all the boats and nets of the local fishermen. As the damaged items belonged mostly to the men who manned the lifeboat, an appeal was made in The Times to aid in the support of the fishermen's loss of livelihood. One of the letters written to the paper was by a local resident doctor who noted that the Filey Lifeboat [up until that point] had saved more lives at sea than any other station belonging to the RNLI in England. [6]

In 1966, when the first D-Class Inshore Lifeboats (ILB) were being introduced, D-86 was sent to Filey and operated from a separate lifeboathouse to the All-Weather Lifeboat (ALB). [7] In 1991, the main lifeboathouse was rebuilt again (on the same site as the 1890 lifeboathouse) so that it could accommodate both a large All-Weather Lifeboat (ALB) and an Inshore Lifeboat (ILB) together. [8]

The station's Mersey-class All-weather lifeboat was replaced with a fast response Atlantic 85-class Inshore lifeboat in 2021. [9]

Notable incidents

Station honours

The following are awards made at Filey [16] [17]

John Ruddock, Boatman - 1859
William Robinson, Second Coxswain - 1919
George Boynton, Fisherman - 1919
Michael Farline, Helmsman - 2004
Michael Farline, Helmsman - 2004
Frank Jenkinson, Coxswain - 1983
Malcolm Johnson, crew member - 1984
Malcolm Johnson, Coxswain - 2001
Michael Farline, Helmsman - 2004
Richard Johnson, Third Mechanic - 2001

Filey Lifeboats

All-weather lifeboats

ON [lower-alpha 1] Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] NameIn ServiceClassComments
Unknown1804–1824
Unnamed1823–186329-foot North Country (P&S) [18]
Hollon1863–188434-foot 4in Self-righting (P&S) [18]
8Hollon the Second1884–190733-foot Self-righting (P&S) [18]
570Hollon the Third1907–193735-foot Self-righting (P&S) [19]
650Thomas Masterman Hardy1937–194035-foot Self-righting (P&S)Served at Filey as part of the reserve fleet until her new boat, The Cuttle, was ready.
833The Cuttle1940–1953 Liverpool Was the first motorboat to serve at Filey. [20]
917Isa and Penryn Milstead1953–1968 Liverpool Was one of a handful of lifeboats that entered service during the Second World War. [21]
96637-04Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle1968–1991 Oakley
117012–13Keep Fit Association1991–2021 Mersey Withdrawn 29 April 2021 and replaced by an Atlantic 85-class ILB. [22]

Inshore lifeboats

D-Class

Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] NameIn Service [23] ClassComments
D-86Unnamed1966–1968 D-class (RFD PB16) [7]
D-49Unnamed1970–1972 D-class (RFD PB16) [24]
D-202Unnamed1972–1986 D-class (RFD PB16) [24]
D-320Filey Lion1986–1993 D-class (EA16)
D-446Holme Team1993–2001 D-class (EA16) [25]
D-563Rotary District 11202001–2008 D-class (EA16)
D-570Roger B Harbour2008–2010 D-class (IB1)
D-728Braund2009–2021 D-class (IB1)
D-859The Rotarian2021– D-class (IB1) [26]

B-Class

Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] NameIn Service [23] ClassComments
B-913Pride of Fred. Olsen2020–2021 Atlantic 85-class
B-928Marjorie Shepherd2021– Atlantic 85-class [27]

Launch and recovery tractors

Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] Reg. No.TypeIn service [23] Comments
T9BE 9914Clayton1931–1937
T16YW 3377Clayton1937–1940
T36FYM 853Case L1940–1957
T29FGC 64Case L1957–1964
T48KGP 853Case LA1964–1967
T78BYN 568BCase 1000D1967–1968
T80DLB 482CCase 1000D1968–1979
T77BGO 681BCase 1000D1979–1986
T74136 HLCCase 1000D1986–1990
T109G296 KUX Talus MB-H Crawler 1990–2003
T113J794 VUX Talus MB-H Crawler 2003
T106F760 BUJ Talus MB-H Crawler 2003–2013
T102E387 VAW Talus MB-H Crawler 2013–2019
T104E269 YUJ Talus MB-H Crawler 2019–
  1. ON is the RNLI's Official Number of the boat.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat carried on the hull.

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