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Barry Dock Lifeboat Station

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284: 35: 1477: 196: 416: 60: 362: 44: 67: 354:. The lifeboat returned to Barry to arrange a tug, and then attended the vessel for a second time, to get a line aboard. However, conditions were too rough for the tug to assist, and 10 men were rescued off the vessel. Coxswain David Lewis was awarded the 295:(ON 677), a single engine 40-foot Watson-class non-self-righting lifeboat, which would still retain sails in case of engine failure. The boathouse was modified to accommodate the new boat prior to its arrival in 1920, at a cost of £1,400. 469:
Pilot’s, who are sharing the building. The station became operational on 12 September 2023, a long overdue replacement for the old wooden ex-show bungalow, donated to the RNLI for use as a crew room by Associated British Ports in 1991.
280:(ON 456), a 43-foot Watson-class non-self-righting 'pulling and sailing' (P&S) lifeboat, one with oars and sails, which cost £1,710. A new boathouse and slipway were constructed at a cost of £2,300. 465:
Construction works began in 2022, of a new building at the pierhead, to provide a purpose built station with modern crew facilities for the RNLI, along with living quarters and welfare area for the
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In 2015, the RNLI received the most valuable items ever left to the Institution in a single legacy. In a most extraordinary bequest, the RNLI received two rare
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lifeboat would be rescinded, and that Barry Dock would receive a new FSB2 (Fast Slipway Boat), (subsequently named
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Barry Dock lifeboat station opened in 1901, The first lifeboat to be placed at Barry Dock was the
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In 2002, at a meeting of the RNLI, it was decided that the decision to replace the current
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cars from the estate of the late Richard Colton, businessman. Both were sent to auction:
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43-foot non-self-righting Watson-class (P&S) lifeboat, costing £1,710.
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Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat carried on the hull.
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Framed Letter of Thanks signed by the Chairman of the Institution
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when she lost her sails in a strong gale, and was drifting off
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On 13 January 1965, Coxswain Swarts died while working on the
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Awarded an MBE in Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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For a dangerous service to rescue six crew from the schooner
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Archibald Claude Jones, Honorary Secretary / Acting Coxswain
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In 1973, a second lifeboat was placed at Barry Dock, the
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In 1922, the station received its first motor lifeboat,
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A lifeboat station was first opened here in 1901 by the
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40-foot non-self-righting Watson-class, costing £8,019.
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Edward "Ted" George William Powell, Honorary Secretary
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on 17 September 1935. The vessel was on passage from
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Sold to Iceland SAR, numbered 2681, currently named
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Barry Dock Lifeboat Station is located in Wales
RNLI
Barry Dock
Vale of Glamorgan
Wales
UK
Coordinates
51°23′35.0″N 3°15′39.4″W / 51.393056°N 3.260944°W / 51.393056; -3.260944

Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Barry Dock RNLI Lifeboat Station
Barry Dock
Barry
Vale of Glamorgan
Wales
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Shannon-class
D-class (IB1)
Bristol Channel

schooner
Roscoff
Swansea
Rhoose Point
RNLI Silver Medal
steamship
Cardiff
Penzance

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