Aberdeen Lifeboat Station
Aberdeen Lifeboat Station | |
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General information | |
Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
Location | Victoria Dock Entrance, Waterloo Quay Aberdeen, Scotland AB11 5DF, UK |
Country | Scotland, UK |
Coordinates | 57°08′39″N 2°04′52″W / 57.14413°N 2.08103°W / 57.14413; -2.08103 |
Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
Aberdeen Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) marine-rescue facility in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. Aberdeen was one of the first lifeboat stations to be established in Scotland, it was founded in 1802.[1]
The station is currently equipped with a Severn-class lifeboat, the Bon Accord and a D-class (IB1) inshore lifeboat, the Buoy Woody 85N.[1]
Aberdeen Lifeboats
No. 1 Station - All Weather Boats
ON | Op. No. | Name | In service | Class | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1802–1820 | Greathead-class 10 Oar | Run by Harbour Commission | |||
No lifeboat | |||||
1841–1857 | 30ft Pulling | Run by Harbour Commission | |||
Bon Accord I | 1857–1924 | Self-Righting Pulling | Run by Harbour Commission | ||
505 | Reserve No.7C | 1925–1926 | 40ft Watson-class (P&S) | Previously William Roberts at Littlehaven | |
693 | Emma Constance | 1926–1951 | Barnett-class | ||
889 | HiltBriggs | 1951–1958 | Barnett-class | ||
944 | Ramsay Dyce | 1958–1976 | Barnett-class | ||
1050 | 52-05 | B.P. Forties | 1976–1998 | Arun-class | |
1135 | 52-39 | Mickie Salvesen | 1998–2000 | Arun-class | |
1248 | 17-24 | Bon Accord | 2000– | Severn-class |
No. 2 Station - All Weather Boats (Beach/Surf)
ON | Name | Dates in service | Class | Comments |
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Bon Accord II | 1875–1924 | Self-Righting Pulling | Run by Harbour Commission | |
669 | Robert and Ellen Robson | 1924–1939 | 34ft Self-righting (Rubie-class) (P&S) | |
827 | George and Elizabeth Gow | 1939–1943 | Liverpool-class | |
669 | Robert and Ellen Robson | 1943–1947 | 34ft Self-righting (Rubie-class) (P&S) | |
827 | George and Elizabeth Gow | 1947–1962 | Liverpool-class |
Inshore lifeboats
Op. No. | Name | In service | Class | Comments |
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D-168 | unnamed | 1968–1981 | D-class (RFD PB16) | |
D-281 | Sewing Machine Times | 1981–1989 | D-class (Zodiac III) | |
D-386 | Trevor Edwin Jones | 1989–1998 | D-class (EA16) | |
D-536 | Margaret II | 1998–2008 | D-class (EA16) | |
D-694 | James Bissett Simpson | 2008–2018 | D-class (IB1) | |
D-830 | Buoy Woody - 85N | 2018– | D-class (IB1) | [2] |
Station Honours
The following are awards made at Aberdeen[3][4]
- Lieut Henry Randall, RN - 1825
- Lieut John Sanderson, RN - 1830
- Lieut Thomas Langton, RN - 1830
- James Robinson, Steam Tug Owner - 1844
- Thomas Marshall Sinclair, Coxswain - 1937
- Thomas Marshall Sinclair, Coxswain - 1937 (Second-Service clasp)
- Albert William Bird, Coxswain - 1974
- Ian Jack, Motor Mechanic - 1974
- Thomas Marshall Sinclair, Coxswain - 1936
- Alexander Weir , Mechanic - 1937
- John Masson, crew member - 1937
- George Alan Flett, Second Coxswain - 1937
- Robert James Brown Esson, Acting Motor Mechanic - 1937
- Charles Begg, Second Coxswain - 1976
- The Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum
- George Alan Flett, Second Coxswain - 1937
- James Cowper, Second Assistant Mechanic - 1937
- Robert James Brown Esson, Assistant Mechanic - 1937
- John M Noble, crew member - 1937
- Alexander S Masson, crew member - 1937
- George A Flett, Coxswain - 1953
- George A Flett, Coxswain - 1956
- George Walker, Assistant Mechanic - 1974
- F Cruickshank, crew member - 1974
- A Walker, crew member - 1974
- Ian Jack, Motor Mechanic - 1976
- William Grieve Deans, Lifeboat Operations Manager - 2018[5]
See also
- List of RNLI stations
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboats
References
- ^ a b "Aberdeen Lifeboat Station". RNLI. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ McNeill, Terry (21 April 2019). "New Aberdeen lifeboat named for men lost in helicopter tragedy". RNLI. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Aberdeen's station history". RNLI. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ Cox, Barry (1998). Lifeboat Gallantry. Spink & Son Ltd. ISBN 0 907605 89 3.
- ^ "Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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