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Fishguard Lifeboat Station | |
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General information | |
Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Location | North Breakwater |
Address | Fishguard Harbour |
Town or city | Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, SA64 0BU |
Country | Wales, UK |
Coordinates | 52°0′48.0″N 4°59′03.0″W / 52.013333°N 4.984167°W |
Opened | 1822 |
Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
Website | |
Fishguard Lifeboat Station |
Fishguard Lifeboat Station in located on the quay, at the northern breakwater of Fishguard Harbour, in the community of Fishguard and Goodwick, in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales.
A lifeboat was first placed here in 1822, but closed in 1847. A station was re-established by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station in 1855.[1]
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 of seven stations with a lifeboat that was funded by the BBC children's television series Blue Peter.[1][2]
The station has operated since 1822 and crews have been presented with 29 awards for gallantry[3] including, in 1847, two RNLI Silver Medals to Martha and Margaret Llewellyn.[4] The RNLI took over the station in 1855.[5]
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.[6]
On 16 November 1882 the lifeboat attended 15 different vessels and saved 46 lives.[5]
A slipway was built by the Great Western Railway in 1911 for a new boathouse; both were replaced in 1930.[5] 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.[7]
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.[8]
The following are awards made at Fishguard.
Twenty-eight medals have been awarded, 1 Gold, 18 Silver and 9 Bronze.[5][9][10]
ON[a] | Name | In service[14] | Class | Comments |
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– | Unnamed | 1825–1847 | [Note 1] | |
Pre-293 | Unnamed | 1855–1862 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | [Note 2] |
Pre-340 | Sir Edward Perrott | 1863–1885 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | |
Pre-411 | Sir Edward Perrott | 1885–1889 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | |
252 | Elizabeth Mary | 1889–1907 | 31-foot Self-Righting (P&S) |
ON[a] | Op. No.[b] | Name | In service[14] | Class | Comments |
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Pre-247 | – | Helen of Foxley | 1869–1885 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | |
60 | – | Appin | 1885–1906 | 37-foot 2in Self-Righting (P&S) | |
295 | – | Joseph Denman | 1906–1909 | 37-foot Self-Righting (P&S) | |
563 | – | Charterhouse | 1909–1931 | 40-foot Self-Righting (motor) | |
710 | – | White Star | 1931–1956 | 45ft 6in Watson | |
932 | – | Howard Marryat | 1956–1981 | 46ft 9in Watson | |
1076 | 52-19 | Marie Winstone | 1981–1994 | Arun | |
1198 | 14-03 | Blue Peter VII | 1994– | Trent |
Op. No.[b] | Name | In service[1] | Class | Comments |
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D-505 | Arthur Bygraves | 1995–2006 | D-class (EA16) | |
D-652 | Team Effort | 2006–2015 | D-class (IB1) | |
D-789 | Edward Arthur Richardson | 2016– | D-class (IB1) | [15] |
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