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

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and has been an important station for the

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since the service began in 1837, however without a service between 1855 and 1874.

History

A lifeboat station was provided in 1874 at a cost of £280 (). In 1899 this was replaced by a new station at Carn Thomas with a slipway, at a cost of £1,500 (). In 1902 the slipway was extended by by Robert Hicks to enable the lifeboat to be launched at any state of the tide. The lifeboat house was adapted in 1914 to receive a new motor lifeboat, but this didn't arrive on the station until 1919. Since the arrival of the ''Robert Edgar'' in 1981, the lifeboat has been moored in the harbour, rather than the lifeboat house.

St Mary's lifeboats

Awards

St Mary's Lifeboat has received fifty-six awards for gallantry, including 26 RNLI medals for bravery, comprising one gold, nine silver and 16 bronze. 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.

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RNLI station information
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History

St Mary's lifeboats

Awards

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