St Mary's Lifeboat Station

St Mary's Lifeboat Station
RNLI Lifeboat station
Country	UK
State	St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
Town	Hugh Town
Location	St Mary's Lifeboat Station, Harbour Bay, Hugh Town, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK
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Founded	1837
Owner	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Visitation	Summer Months only
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St Mary's Lifeboat RNLB Whiteheads

St Mary's Lifeboat Station is situated in St Mary's Harbour, 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.

Lifeboats at St Mary's

Dates in service	Class	ON	Op. No.	Name	Comments
1874–1895	Oared lifeboat
1895–1919	42ft Self-righter	ON 271		Henry Dundas (later renamed Tom & Jenny)
1919–1930	45ft Watson-class	ON 648		Elsie	First motor lifeboat at station
1930–1953	45ft 6in Watson-class	ON 728		Cunard
1955–1981	46ft 9in Watson-class	ON 926		Guy and Clare Hunter	Last slipway launched boat
1981–1997	Arun-class	ON 1073	52-18	Robert Edgar
1997–present	Severn-class	ON 1229	17-11	The Whiteheads

Lifeboats at St Agnes

St Agnes, also of the Isles of Scilly has owned two lifeboats: James and Caroline from 1890 being replaced in 1904 by the 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 fifty-six awards for gallantry.

The most recent was in 2004 when Bronze Medals were awarded to Coxswain Andrew Howells and Crew Members Mark Bromham and Philip Roberts for the rescue of an injured man from a yacht on 29 October 2003.

See also

• List of RNLI stations

External links

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