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Fishguard Lifeboat Station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 52°0′48.0″N 4°59′03.0″W / 52.013333°N 4.984167°W

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Fishguard Lifeboat Station

Fishguard Lifeboat Station
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
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 / 52.013333; -4.984167
Opened	1822
Owner	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
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Map of Fishguard Bay, Pembrokeshire, with the location of the 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]

History

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]

Station honours

The following are awards made at Fishguard.
Twenty-eight medals have been awarded, 1 Gold, 18 Silver and 9 Bronze.^[5]^[9]^[10]

RNLI Gold Medal^[11]

John Howells, Coxswain - 1921

RNIPLS Silver Medal

Lieut Thomas Evans RN - 1834

Captain Thomas Evans RN - 1844

John Acraman, Merchant - 1845

John Evans, Master of the Schooner Royal George - 1847

William Jenkins - 1847

Martha Llewellyn - 1847

Margaret Llewellyn - 1847

William Rees, Acting Master - 1849

RNLI Silver Medal

David Beddoe - 1861

Albert Furlong - 1861

James White, Coxswain - 1873

James White, Coxswain - 1875 (Second Service award)

James White, Coxswain - 1877 (Third Service award)

James Thomas, Coxswain - 1899

James Thomas, Coxswain Superintendent - 1906 (Second Service award)

Thomas Oakley Davies, Second Coxswain - 1921

Robert Edwin Simpson, Motor Mechanic - 1921

Thomas Holmes, crewman - 1921

RNLI Bronze Medal

W. Devereux - 1921

T. Duffin - 1921

J. Gardiner - 1921

H. M. Mason - 1921

Thomas Perkins - 1921

John Rourke - 1921

William John Thomas - 1921

R. Veal - 1921

P. Whelan - 1921

The Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum

Captain W. Harries - 1874 ^[6]

W Jenkins - 1874

J.G. Annal - 1874

Stephen Done, Helmsman - 2007

A Framed Letter of Thanks signed by the Chairman of the Institution

Francis George, Coxswain - 1984

Dr Joanne Boughton, crew member - 2007

Robert Lanham, crew member - 2007

Gold Watch, presented by The Queen of the Netherlands

John Howells, Coxswain - 1921

Silver Watch, presented by The Queen of the Netherlands

each of the 12 members of the crew - 1921

Member, Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Morris Lyndon Nicholls, Honorary Secretary - 1950NYH^[12]

Francis George, Coxswain - 2003NYH^[13]

Fishguard lifeboats

All-weather lifeboats

No.1 Station

ON^[a]	Name	In service^[14]	Class	Comments
–	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)

No.1 Station closed in 1907

Pre ON numbers are unofficial numbers used by the Lifeboat Enthusiast Society to reference early lifeboats not included on the official RNLI list.

No.2 Station

ON^[a]	Op. No.^[b]	Name	In service^[14]	Class
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

Inshore lifeboats

Op. No.^[b]	Name	In service^[1]	Class	Comments
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]

^ ^a ^b ON is the RNLI's Official Number of the boat.
^ ^a ^b Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat carried on the hull.

Notes

^ Locally Built Lifeboat
^ Later Brightwell at Blakeney.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 4–132.
^ "Fishguard's lifeboats". Fishguard Lifeboat Station. RNLI. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
^ "Fishguard Lifeboat Station". Rnli.org.uk. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
^ "The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution". The Life-Boat. 4 (36): 259. April 1860.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "History Points – Fishguard Lifeboat Station". Retrieved 10 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b "RNLI Meeting". Huddersfield Chronicle. British Newspaper Archive. 8 May 1874. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
^ Centenary return for Charterhouse?. Pembrokeshire Life. April 2009.
^ "Lifeboats get gallant crew off submarine". Lancashire Daily Post. British Newspaper Archive. 5 February 1946. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
^ "Fishguard's station history". RNLI. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^ Cox, Barry (1998). Lifeboat Gallantry. Spink & Son Ltd. ISBN 0 907605 89 3.
^ "The Fishguard Gold Medal Service". The Lifeboat. 24 (272). February 1921. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^ "Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2021). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2021 (2021 ed.). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 2–120.
^ "Fishguard's new inshore lifeboat officially named in memory of Edward Arthur Richardson after legacy left by Elizabeth Hughena Richardson". Western Telegraph. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

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