Rhyl Lifeboat Station

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Rhyl Lifeboat Station
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The Boathouse of Rhyl Lifeboat Station
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Rhyl, Denbighshire
General information
Type RNLI Lifeboat Station
LocationMarine Parade, Rhyl, UK
Country Wales, UK
Coordinates 53°19′56″N003°29′36″W / 53.33222°N 3.49333°W / 53.33222; -3.49333
Opened1852
Owner Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Rhyl Lifeboat Station is operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in the North Wales town of Rhyl. For over 150 years, the Lifeboat Crew in Rhyl have been saving lives at sea. The first lifeboat was stationed in the town in 1852 and the present station was opened in December 2001. The station operates a Shannon-class All-weather lifeboat (ALB), and an D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat (ILB).

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History

In 1852, the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariner’s Society placed a lifeboat at Rhyl. Shortly after, in 1853, the lifeboat Gwylan-y-Mor capsized with the loss of six of her crew. [1]

In 1963, Rhyl Lifeboat Anthony Robert Marshall (ON 869) was launched on service to the first lifeboat rescue of a hovercraft. [2] For this service, the RNLI silver medal for gallantry was awarded to Coxswain Harold Campini.

In 1967, the first D-class ILB Lifeboat (D-141) was put on service in Rhyl to accompany the All-Weather Lifeboat for inshore rescues.

In 1973, the RNLI Bronze medal for gallantry was awarded to Helmsman Don Archer-Jones for the courage and seamanship he displayed when the ILB rescued 2 boys cut off by the tide, and clinging to a perch marking the sewer outfall between Rhyl and Prestatyn, in a gale force westerly wind and a rough sea on 7 August. Crew member Paul Frost was awarded a medal service certificate.

In 2002, The Duke of Kent, presented the lifeboat station with an anniversary Vellum to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Rhyl lifeboat.

Description

The lifeboat station is built on the promenade in Rhyl. The building contains the All-weather lifeboat (ALB) with Shannon Launch and Recovery System (SLARS), Inshore lifeboat (ILB), launched with a marinised County Tractor, and a Land-Rover Defender, used for Search and Rescue operations off the coast of Rhyl. The station also has a short concrete slipway that leads down to the beach. Each boat is kept on a carriage attached to a tractor which propels it down to the water and brings it back after use. A fundraising shop is situated on the west side of the boathouse.

Area of operation

The Shannon-class All-Weather lifeboat at Rhyl has a top speed of 25 knots (46 km/h). The lifeboat can cover an area from Colwyn Bay (west) to Mostyn (east). North of the station the All-Weather lifeboat covers the Oil and Gas platforms of the Douglas and Hamilton fields, and also the windfarms of North Hoyle; Rhyl Flats; and the Gwynt-Y-Mor fields. Rhyl Lifeboat is a part of the contingency plan for any evacuation of the rigs. The area also covers the outer approaches to Liverpool. Adjacent ALBs are at Llandudno Lifeboat Station to the west, and Hoylake to the east. There is an ILB station at both Flint and West Kirby to the east.

Notable rescues

Station honours

The following are awards made to the crew of Rhyl Lifeboat Station [9] [10]

Harold Louis Campini, Coxswain - 1962
Don Archer-Jones, Helmsman - 1973
Paul Frost, crew member - 1973
the crew of the lifeboat -1962
Donald Jones, Helmsman - 1974
Richard Perrin, crew member - 1974
James Quinn, crew member - 1974
Shore Crew - 1962
Martin Jones, Mechanic - 2001
Bruce Arnold Herbert, Coxswain - 1991 [11]
Jean Olive Frost, Manageress of the Rhyl Lifeboat Souvenir Shop - 2008 [12]
Paul Frost, crew member - 2011 [13]
Martin Peter Jones, Coxswain - 2017 [14]

Rhyl Lifeboats

All-weather lifeboats

No.1 Station

ON [lower-alpha 1] Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] NameIn service [15] ClassComments
––Gwylan-y-Mor1852–185626-foot Self-righting (P&S)
70–Unnamed,
Morgan		1856–186832-foot Tubular (P&S)
––Henry Nixson No.21868–186933-foot Self-righting (P&S)Relief boat whilst ON 70 repaired
70–Unnamed,
Morgan		1869–189332-foot Tubular (P&S)
287–Caroline Richardson1893–189735-foot 7in Tubular (P&S)
398–Caroline Richardson1897–193934-foot Tubular (P&S)
835–The Gordon Warren1939–1949 Surf
869–Anthony Robert Marshall1949–1968 Liverpool
99337-22Har Lil1968–1990 Oakley
100037-29Mary Gabriel1990–1992 Rother
118312-24Lil Cunningham1992–2019 Mersey
134113-34Anthony Kenneth Heard2019– Shannon [16]

No.2 Station

ON [lower-alpha 1] NameIn service [15] ClassComments
–Jane Dalton1878–188833-foot Self-righting (P&S)
166Jane Martin1888–189934-foot 2in Self-righting (P&S)

Inshore Lifeboats

Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] NameIn service [17] ClassComments
D-141Unnamed1967–1975 D-class (RFD PB16)
D-243Unnamed1976–1987 D-class (Zodiac III)
D-348Banks' Staff I1987–1995 D-class (EA16)
D-485Stafford with Rugeley1995–2004 D-class (EA16)
D-632Godfrey and Desmond Nall2004–2014 D-class (IB1)
D-770Mary Maxwell2014– D-class (IB1)

Launch and recovery tractors (ALB)

Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] Reg. No.TypeIn service [17] Comments
T6DM 3318Clayton1921–1938
T12LLY 75Clayton1938–1940
T37GGF 497Case L1940–1954
T53KXT 421Case LA1954–1955
T63PXF 163Fowler1955–1963
T60OXO 323Fowler1963–1972
T67YLD 792Fowler1972–1974
T58OJJ 312Fowler1974–1975
T68YUV 742Fowler1975–1978
T60OXO 323Fowler1978–1983
T67YLD 792Fowler1983–1984
T92A462 AUX Talus MB-H Crawler 1984–1997
T91UAW 558Y Talus MB-H Crawler 1997–2007
T93A496 CUX Talus MB-H Crawler 2007–2019
SC-T20HF19 EHH SLARS (Clayton) 2019–Violet Rose Saw

Launch and recovery tractors (ILB)

Op. No. [lower-alpha 2] Reg. No.TypeIn service [17] Comments
TA09KLG 681YFord 40001993–1995
TA25PHS 545VCounty 11841995–1998
TA35Q678 BRMCounty 11841998–2003
TW33M562 OUX Talus MB-764 County 2002–2006
TW31L526 JUJ Talus MB-764 County 2006–2008
TW44S193 RUJ Talus MB-764 County 2008–2010
ST02WA54 HRPSoftrak Loglogic2010–2012
TW05UJT 151S Talus MB-764 County 2012–
  1. 1 2 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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References

  1. ↑ A Melancholy Catastrophe 1853
  2. ↑ The World's first rescue by Lifeboat of a hovercraft
  3. ↑ Rhyl History
  4. ↑ 1973 - Rhyl - Don Archer-Jones
  5. ↑ Towyn floods remembered: 20 years on
  6. ↑ Kayaker rescued five hours after paddling out to windfarm
  7. ↑ Rhyl RNLI volunteers rescue mother and son with hypothermia
  8. ↑ Oil leaks from Carrier off Llanddulas after crew saved
  9. ↑ "Rhyl's station history". RNLI. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  10. ↑ Cox, Barry (1998). Lifeboat Gallantry. Spink & Son Ltd. ISBN   0 907605 89 3.
  11. ↑ "British Empire Medal (Civil Division)". The Gazette. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  12. ↑ "Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  13. ↑ "Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  14. ↑ "Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  15. 1 2 Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2021). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2021. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 2–18.
  16. ↑ Rush, Danielle (7 October 2019). "Historic day planned at Rhyl RNLI to welcome home new £2.5M Shannon". RNLI. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  17. 1 2 3 Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 4–132.
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