Mablethorpe Lifeboat Station

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Mablethorpe Lifeboat Station
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Mablethorpe Lifeboat Station in 2011
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General information
TypeLifeboat station
Location Mablethorpe
AddressThe Promenade, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, LN12 2AT
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates 53°20′25″N0°15′56″E / 53.3402°N 0.2655°E / 53.3402; 0.2655
OpenedFirst station 1883
Current station 1965
Owner RNLI
Website
rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/mablethorpe-lifeboat-station

Mabelthorpe Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Mablethorpe in Lincolnshire, England. It operates Atlantic 85-class and D-class (IB1) lifeboats.

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History

In 1829, the Lincolnshire Coast Shipwreck Association (LCSA) opened Theddlethorpe lifeboat station, located near the village of Theddlethorpe St Helen, about 3 mi (4.8 km) north of Mabelthorpe. The LCSA lifeboats stations were transferred to the RNLI in 1864. However, with launching difficulties encountered at that location, and also with too few crew available, Theddlethorpe was closed in 1882, and a new station at Mabelthorpe was opened in 1883. [1] The station cost £225 to build and another £50 for a slipway. A new lifeboat station was built on Victoria Road in 1900. This cost £700 but £50 was raised by selling the old one. [2]

A shortage of volunteers for the crew during the First World War resulted in the lifeboat station being temporarily closed in 1917. The temporary closure became permanent in 1920. [2] The lifeboat station became used as a community facility and is now home to the Mabelthorpe men's shed. [3]

The RNLI started to deploy inshore lifeboats (ILBs) in the 1960s to better respond to incidents involving leisure activities around the coast. A D-class ILB was stationed at Mabelthorpe from 1965. A larger Atlantic 21-class ILB was added in 2001. [2]

Awards

On 12 April 1998 the Lark, a fishing boat, broke down and was being driven towards the shore by a Force 6/7 gale after its anchor broke. The lifeboat was launched and managed to tow the boat to safety despite the rough sea. Helmsman Thomas Freeman was awarded an RNLI Bronze Medal for making the rescue in such extreme weather for a small ILB. [2]

The crew of the lifeboat who rescued two swimmers in difficulty on 6 August 1975 received the 'Thanks of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution inscribed on vellum'. Framed letters of thanks from the Chairman were given in 1980 to the lifeboat crew and shore helpers who managed to launch through heavy surf to save three people whose boat had engine trouble. Similar framed letters were presented to the lifeboat crew who two injured people and a third crew member from a barge on 12 October 1982. [2]

Mablethorpe lifeboats

1883 to 1920

At MablethorpeONNameBuiltClassComments
1883–1905257Heywood1882 Self-Righter [4]
1905–1920542John Rowson Lingard1905 Liverpool Withdrawn from Blackpool in 1937. Being restored in Migennes, France. [5]

From 1965

At MablethorpeOp. No.NameBuiltClassModelComments
1965D-61—1965D RFD PB16 [6]
1965–1966D-67—1965D RFD PB16 [6]
1967–1976D-114—1967D RFD PB16 [6]
1976–1988D-247—1976D Zodiac III [7]
1988–1996D-357Braemar1988D EA16 [7]
1996–2005D-506Patrick Rex Moren1996D EA16 [8]
2001–2002B-754Pride of Sherwood1999B Atlantic 75 [9]
2002–2015B-778Joan Mary2002B Atlantic 75 [9]
2005–2015D-653Wiliam Hadley2005D IB1 [10]
2015–D-790Stanley Whiteley Chadwick2015D IB1 [10]
2015–B-887Jacqueline Saville2015B Atlantic 85 [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. p. 102.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mablethorpe station history". RNLI. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mablethorpe Boatshed". Mablethorpe. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  4. ↑ Leonard & Denton 2024, pp. 12–13.
  5. ↑ Leonard & Denton 2024, pp. 24–25.
  6. 1 2 3 Leonard & Denton 2024, pp. 73–74.
  7. 1 2 Leonard & Denton 2024, p. 78.
  8. ↑ Leonard & Denton 2024, p. 81.
  9. 1 2 Leonard & Denton 2024, pp. 68–69.
  10. 1 2 Leonard & Denton 2024, pp. 83–85.
  11. ↑ Leonard & Denton 2024, p. 71.
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