Port Erin Lifeboat Station

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Port Erin Lifeboat Station
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Port Erin Lifeboat Station
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Port Erin, Isle of Man
General information
Type RNLI Lifeboat Station
LocationBreakwater Road
Town or city Port Erin
Country Isle of Man
Coordinates 54°05′06″N004°46′06″W / 54.08500°N 4.76833°W / 54.08500; -4.76833
Opened1883
Owner Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution
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Port Erin RNLI Lifeboat Station

Port Erin Lifeboat Station is located in the town of Port Erin in the Isle of Man. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution opened a station here in 1883 following requests from local residents. [1]

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The station currently operates an B-class (Atlantic 85) inshore lifeboat, Muriel and Leslie (B-813), funded from the bequest of Mr Leslie Hartle. [2]

History

At a meeting of the RNLI Management Committee on 7 September 1882, it was agreed to form a Lifeboat Station at Port Erin.

The first lifeboat arrived at Douglas, Isle of Man on the 8 August 1883, before being transported over the Island to Port Erin. She was named Ann and Mary of Manchester, a 32-foot 10-oared self-righting boat. Ann and Mary of Manchester saw her first service in 1888 to the Lyra, wrecked in Port St Mary bay. A boathouse was constructed in 1884, opposite the Raglan Pier.

The 1884 Lifeboat House at Port Erin The Old Lifeboat Station Port Erin - geograph.org.uk - 3935753.jpg
The 1884 Lifeboat House at Port Erin

A new larger 37-foot 12-oared boat arrived in 1892, the William Sugden (ON 321) and to make launching easier, a slipway was constructed in 1900. The boat served Port Erin for 20 years, and saved 12 lives.

10 August 1925 saw the arrival of a 40-foot self-righting motor powered lifeboat on station, Ethel Day Cardwell (ON 647), previously on service at Tynemouth. This was the same year that a new boathouse was constructed along the breakwater road, a building still in use today. It is notable by its very steep 1:4 slipway, still regarded as the steepest incline of any RNLI lifeboat station. [3]

The naming ceremony of the sixth lifeboat for Port Erin, a 37-foot Rother-class named Osman Gabriel after her donor, Major Osman Gabriel, was held on 4 August 1973. [4] Between 1973 and 1992, she was launched 70 times, and saved 55 lives.

In 1990, a coastal review determined that a Mersey-class All-weather lifeboat would be placed at Peel, replacing their B-class (Atlantic 21), whilst Port Erin would receive an Atlantic 21 Inshore boat to replace their Rother-class All-weather lifeboat. [5]

Port Erin now have the fastest lifeboat on the Isle of Man, an B-class (Atlantic 85), capable of nearly 40 miles per hour (64 km/h). [3]

Notable rescues

Just after 6 am on the 9 September 1970, the Port Erin lifeboat Matthew Simpson (ON 823) was launched into a very rough sea in a SSW gale, to reports of the coaster Moonlight in difficulties, 5 miles (8 km) north of Chicken Rock. A life-raft located by aircraft was found to be empty. At 11 am, a second life-raft was spotted, and found to contain just two survivors from the Moonlight. The lifeboat returned to Port Erin at 1 pm. For this service, Coxswain Alfred Dennis Maddrell BEM was awarded the RNLI Bronze Medal. [6]

Station honours

The following are awards made at Port Erin [7] [6]

Alfred Dennis Maddrell BEM, Coxswain – 1970
Peter Woodworth, Coxswain – 1978
Alfred Dennis Maddrell, Coxswain – 1969 [8]

Port Erin lifeboats

All-weather lifeboats

ON [lower-alpha 1] Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] NameIn service [2] ClassComments
Pre-660–Ann and Mary of Manchester1883–189232-foot Self-righting (P&S) [9]
321–William Sugden1892–191237-foot Self-righting (P&S)
634–Henry Kirk1912–192537-foot Self-righting (P&S)
647–Ethel Day Cardwell1925–193940-foot Self-righting (motor)
823–Matthew Simpson1939–1972 41ft Watson
99832-27Osman Gabriel1973–1992 Rother
All-weather lifeboat withdrawn 1992
Pre ON numbers are unofficial numbers used by the Lifeboat Enthusiast Society to reference early lifeboats not included on the official RNLI list.

Inshore lifeboats

B-class

Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] NameIn service [2] ClassComments
B-515Vee Webber1992–1993 Atlantic 21
B-594Herbert and Edith1993–2006 Atlantic 21
B-813Muriel and Leslie2006– Atlantic 85 [10]
  1. ↑ 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Port Erin Lifeboat Station". RNLI. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 4–132.
  3. 1 2 Port Erin Lifeboat Station History. RNLI. 1999. pp. 2–3.
  4. ↑ "Naming Ceremony". imuseum. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  5. ↑ Morris, Jeff (2003). Peel Lifeboats 1828-2003. pp. 1–46.
  6. 1 2 Cox, Barry (1998). Lifeboat Gallantry. Spink & Son Ltd. ISBN   0 907605 89 3.
  7. ↑ "Port Erin's station history". RNLI. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "British Empire Medal (Civil Division)". The Gazette. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  9. ↑ Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2021). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2021. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 2–18.
  10. ↑ "New lifeboat handed over". isleofman.com. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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