St Mary's Lifeboat

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The St Mary's Lifeboat is stationed in St Mary's Habour, Isles of Scilly and has been an important station for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution since the service began in 1837, however without service between 1855 and 1874.

The launch of St Mary's Lifeboat is usually marked by two maroons being fired from the boathouse.

In 2005, Nathan Woodcock took over from Andy Brown as chief mechanic, the only full-time paid position on board in the RNLI.

The lifeboats

• 1874 to 1919 - RNLB Henry Dundas
• 1919 to 1930 - RNLB Elsie, first motor lifeboat for the Islands
• 1930 to 1953 - RNLB Cunard
• 1955 to 1981 - RNLB Guy and Clare Hunter
• 1981 to 1997 - RNLB Robert Edgar, Arun-class
• 1997 to present - RNLB The Whiteheads (17-11), Severn-class

St Agnes Lifeboats

St Agnes, also of the Isles of Scilly has owned two lifeboats: RNLB James and Caroline from 1890 being replaced in 1904 by the RNLB Charlie and Dure James whose service ended in 1920. The service was never resumed on St Agnes, but the remains of the slipways used to launch the boats are still noticeable on the coast.

Awards

St Mary's Lifeboat has received twenty-three awards for gallantry.

The most recent was in 1993 and awarded to Barry Bennett for saving the lone yachtsman on board the Bacarole.

External links

• RNLI Lifeboat Stations - St Mary's
• Scilly News - Lifeboats of Scilly
• ex-RNLB "The Guy and Clare Hunter" The former Isles of Scilly Lifeboat

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