Fishguard Lifeboat Station

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Fishguard Lifeboat Station
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Fishguard Lifeboat Station
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Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
General information
Type RNLI Lifeboat Station
Location Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Country Wales, UK
Coordinates 52°0′47.78″N4°59′5.05″W / 52.0132722°N 4.9847361°W / 52.0132722; -4.9847361
Opened1822
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RNLI Lifeboat Station
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Fishguard Lifeboat Station
Map of Fishguard Bay, Pembrokeshire, with the location of the Lifeboat Station.

Fishguard Lifeboat Station (based in Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, Wales) is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station.

Contents

Located on the quay between Fishguard railway station and the northern breakwater, the station is staffed by two crews and has around 30 members.

Operating two lifeboats, a Trent-class lifeboat 14-03 Blue Peter VII (ON 1198) and an inshore D-class (IB1) lifeboat Edward Arthur Richardson (D-789), it is one of seven stations with a lifeboat funded by the BBC children's television series Blue Peter .

Trent class lifeboat Blue Peter VII on station at Fishguard Fishguard lifeboat, Blue Peter VII - geograph.org.uk - 581422.jpg
Trent class lifeboat Blue Peter VII on station at Fishguard

History

The station has operated since 1822 and crews have been presented with 29 awards for gallantry [1] including, in 1847, two RNLI Silver Medals to Martha and Margaret Llewellyn. [2] The RNLI took over the station in 1855. [3]

In May 1874 the RNLI awarded the Fishguard lifeboat No.1 crew £27 for their lifesaving services over the previous month; they included saving a total of 17 crew from the schooners J.T.S., Squirrel and Gem and the smack Lerry. [4]

On 16 November 1882 the lifeboat attended 15 different vessels and saved 46 lives. [3]

A slipway was built by the Great Western Railway in 1911 for a new boathouse; both were replaced in 1930. [3] The lifeboat Charterhouse (ON563) was on station between 1909 and 1931, during which time her crews saved 47 lives. Her centenary was celebrated in 2009, still afloat and renamed Marian. [5]

In February 1946 White Star was at sea for more than 24 hours in severe weather standing by the broken-down submarine HMS Universal and helping to rescue her crew. [6]

Fishguard Lifeboats

All-weather lifeboats

No.1 Station

ON [lower-alpha 1] NameIn service [7] ClassComments
–Unnamed1825–1855 [Note 1]
–Unnamed1855–186230ft Self-Righting (P&S) [8] [Note 2]
–Sir Edward Perrott1863–188530ft Self-Righting (P&S) [8]
–Sir Edward Perrott (II)1885–188930ft Self-Righting (P&S) [8]
252Elizabeth Mary1889–190731ft Self-Righting (P&S)

No.1 Station closed in 1907

No.2 Station

ON [lower-alpha 1] Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] NameIn service [7] ClassComments
––Fraser1869–188530ft Self-Righting (P&S) [8]
60–Appin1885–190637ft 2in Self-Righting (P&S)
295–Reserve No.6A1906–190937ft Self-Righting (P&S) [Note 3]
563–Charterhouse1909–193140ft Self-Righting (motor)
710–White Star1931–1956 45ft 6in Watson
932–Howard Marryat1956–1981 46ft 9in Watson
107652-19Marie Winstone1981–1994 Arun
119814-03Blue Peter VII1994– Trent

Inshore lifeboats

Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] NameIn service [7] ClassComments
D-505Arthur Bygraves1995–2006 D-class (EA16)
D-652Team Effort2006–2015 D-class (IB1)
D-789Edward Arthur Richardson2016– D-class (IB1) [9]
  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.

Station Honours

The following are awards made to the crew of Fishguard Lifeboat Station.
Twenty-eight medals have been awarded, 1 Gold, 18 Silver and 9 Bronze. [3] [10] [11]

John Howells, Coxswain - 1921
Lieut Thomas Evans RN - 1834
Captain Thomas Evans RN - 1844
John Acraman, Merchant - 1845
John Evans, Master of the Schooner Royal George - 1847
William Jenkins - 1847
Martha Llewellyn - 1847
Margaret Llewellyn - 1847
William Rees, Acting Master - 1849
David Beddoe - 1861
Albert Furlong - 1861
James White, Coxswain - 1873
James White, Coxswain - 1875 (Second Service award)
James White, Coxswain - 1877 (Third Service award)
James Thomas, Coxswain - 1899
James Thomas, Coxswain Superintendent - 1906 (Second Service award)
Thomas Oakley Davies, Second Coxswain - 1921
Robert Edwin Simpson, Motor Mechanic - 1921
Thomas Holmes, crewman - 1921
W Devereux - 1921
T Duffin - 1921
J Gardiner - 1921
H M Mason - 1921
Thomas Perkins - 1921
John Rourke - 1921
William John Thomas - 1921
R Veal - 1921
P Whelan - 1921
Captain W. Harries - 1874 [4]
W Jenkins - 1874
J.G. Annal - 1874
Stephen Done, Helmsman - 2007
Francis George, Coxswain - 1984
Dr Joanne Boughton, crew member - 2007
Robert Lanham, crew member - 2007
John Howells, Coxswain - 1921
to each of the 12 members of the crew - 1921
Morris Lyndon Nicholls, Honorary Secretary - 1950 [13]
Francis George, Coxswain - 2003 [14]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Locally Built Lifeboat
  2. ↑ Later Brightwell at Blakeney.
  3. ↑ Previously Joseph Denman at Penarth

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References

  1. ↑ "Fishguard Lifeboat Station". Rnli.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution". The Life-Boat. 4 (36): 259. April 1860.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. 1 2 3 4 "History Points – Fishguard Lifeboat Station" . Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 "RNLI Meeting" . Huddersfield Chronicle. British Newspaper Archive. 8 May 1874. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Centenary return for Charterhouse?. Pembrokeshire Life. April 2009.
  6. ↑ "Lifeboats get gallant crew off submarine" . Lancashire Daily Post. British Newspaper Archive. 5 February 1946. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 4–132.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2021). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2021 (2021 ed.). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 2–18.
  9. ↑ "Fishguard's new inshore lifeboat officially named in memory of Edward Arthur Richardson after legacy left by Elizabeth Hughena Richardson". Western Telegraph. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Fishguard's station history". RNLI. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  11. ↑ Cox, Barry (1998). Lifeboat Gallantry. Spink & Son Ltd. ISBN   0 907605 89 3.
  12. ↑ "The Fishguard Gold Medal Service". The Lifeboat. 24 (272). February 1921. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  14. ↑ "Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
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