Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station

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Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station
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Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station
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Trearddur, Anglesey
General information
Type RNLI Lifeboat Station
LocationLon Isallt, Trearddur Bay, Anglesey, UK. LL65 2UP
Country Wales, UK
Coordinates 53°16′50″N4°37′11″W / 53.28056°N 4.61972°W / 53.28056; -4.61972
Opened1967
Owner Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station is located in Trearddur, Anglesey, Wales and opened in 1967 as an inshore lifeboat station. [1]

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The station currently operates both an Atlantic 85-class lifeboat and a D-class (IB1) lifeboat.

History

A lifeboat station was established in Trearddur in 1967 as an inshore lifeboat station, and a D-class (RFD PB16) lifeboat was placed on station, with her first rescue taking place on 4 June, and a new boathouse was constructed in 1971.

A new and larger boathouse was built in 1993, which provided changing room facilities, crew room and galley, a workshop, fuel store and storeroom and a souvenir outlet, which allowed a new Atlantic 21-class lifeboat to be placed on station on 5 December 1996, with the D-class being withdrawn.

On 24 May 2001, the station's Honorary Secretary Mr Jack Abbott MBE was awarded the Royal Humane Society Testimonial Vellum and a Resuscitation Certificate for his rescue of a man who got into difficulties trying to return to the shore after swimming after his dinghy which had drifted away from the slipway. Abbott spotted the man face down, 50m from shore and swam out to him, towed him back to shore and performed CPR. [2]

The same year, a decision was made by the RNLI to reallocate a D-class lifeboat to Trearddur Bay to operate alongside the B-class lifeboat already on station.

On 24 February 2011, Prince William and his fiancée Catherine Middleton were present at the station to officially name the new B-class (Atlantic 85) lifeboat Hereford Endeavour (B-847). [3]

In 2022, Helmsman Lee Duncan became the first crew member of a B-class lifeboat to be awarded the RNLI Silver Medal for the rescue of a surfer in extreme weather conditions. The three other crew members, Dafydd Griffiths, Leigh McCann and Michael Doran, were each awarded the RNLI bronze medal. [4]

Station honours

The following RNLI medals and other awards have been presented to crew members from Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station: [1]

2022 - for the rescue of a female surfer during gale force 9 winds on 20 May 2021.
Helmsman Lee Duncan
1971 - for rescuing two people that were clinging to a capsized dinghy near Cod Rocks.
John Burns
Edmund Williams
2022 - for the rescue of a female surfer during gale force 9 winds on 20 May 2021.
Dafydd Griffiths
Leigh McCann
Michael Doran
(Awarded annually for the most meritorious rescue carried out by an inshore lifeboat crew.)
2001 - for the rescue of three people from a capsized speedboat on 8 September 2001.
Helmsman Christopher Pritchard
2002 - for the rescue of three people from a capsized speedboat on 8 September 2001
Helmsman Christopher Pritchard
1999 - for his actions during a search for a child who had fallen into the sea at Rhoscolyn.
Helmsman Alan Hughes
2006 - for his part in saving the lives of two divers.
Helmsman Terry Pendlebury
2022 -
All the team at Trearddur Bay RNLI
2022 -
Paul Moffett, Lifeboat Operations Manager
2022 -
Mark Smith, Tractor Driver
2022-
Lee Duncan, Steve Williams, Tom Moffett, Matthew Hannaby and Mike Doran

Trearddur Bay lifeboats

D-class

Op. No. [lower-alpha 1] NameIn service [5] ClassComments
D-126Unnamed1967–1977 D-class (RFD PB16)
D-259S.M.T.A. Shuttle1978–1988 D-class (RFD PB16)
D-367Sea Horse1988–1996 D-class (EA16) D-class withdrawn on arrival of B-Class 2016
D-441Irish Diver2001–2002 D-class (EA16) D-Class Reinstated 2021
D-440Brenda Reed2002–2004 D-class (EA16)
D-614Flo and Dick Smith2004–2012 D-class (IB1)
D-753Clive and Imelda Rawlings2012–2024 D-class (IB1)
D-885Clive and Imelda Rawlings II2024– D-class (IB1)

B-class

Op. No. [lower-alpha 1] NameIn service [5] ClassComments
B-540Wolverhampton1996 Atlantic 21
B-731Dorothy Selina1996–2010 Atlantic 75
B-847Hereford Endeavour2010– Atlantic 85
  1. 1 2 Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat carried on the hull.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station". RNLI. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Awards for hero who dived to the rescue". Crewe Chronicle. 3 September 2001. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Prince William and Kate Middleton launch lifeboat at Trearddur Bay". Walesonline.co.uk. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Rush, Danielle (2 March 2022). "First Silver Medal for an Atlantic 85 rescue awarded to Trearddur Bay RNLI". RNLI. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  5. 1 2 Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 4–132.
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