Barry Dock Lifeboat Station

Barry Dock Lifeboat Station (based in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales) opened in 1901.[1] In 1922, the station received its first motor lifeboat and in 1973 the station received a second lifeboat (which was eventually withdrawn from service in 1979)

Barry Dock Lifeboat Station
The Station
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan
General information
Type	RNLI Lifeboat Station
Location	The Pierhead Buildings, The Outer Harbour, Barry Docks, Vale of Glamorgan, UK
Country	Wales, UK
Coordinates	51°23′35″N 3°15′42″W
Opened	1901
Owner	Royal National Lifeboat Institution

The station then received a series of three different Arun-class lifeboats. The station currently operates a Trent-class lifeboat called Inner Wheel II and a D-class (IB1) lifeboat called Frances Mary Corscadden was allocated to the station in 2018.

Fleet

All Weather Boats

Dates in service	Class	ON	Op. No.	Name
1901–1922	Watson-class (Oared)			John Wesley
1922–1937	45ft Watson-class	ON677		Prince David
1937–1969	41ft Watson-class	ON806		Rachel and Mary Evans
1969–1974	Waveney-class	ON1005	44-006	Arthur and Blanche Harris
1974–1997	Arun-class	ON1018	52-01	Arun (Renamed "Arun Adventurer" when sold out of service in 1997)
1997–2003	Arun-class	ON1082	52-23	Margaret Frances Love (Sold to China SAR renamed Huaying 398)
2003–2006	Arun-class	ON1135	52-39	Mickie Salvesen (Sold to Iceland SAR renamed Voraur II)
2006–present	Trent-class	ON1245	14-29	Inner Wheel II

Inshore Lifeboats

Dates in service	Class	Op. No.	Name
2014-2018	D-class (IB1)	D-638	Richard John Talbot Miller	Boarding Boat/SAR
2018–present	D-class (IB1)	D-820	Frances Mary Corscadden

Station honours

Award date	Name	Award	Notes
1907	Mr Daniel Rees	Gold Medal	For the rescue of three people from the yacht Firefly.
1907	Mr Ivor Rees	Silver Medal	For the rescue of three people from the yacht Firefly.
1907	Mr D Morgan Rees	Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum	For the rescue of three people from the yacht Firefly.
1907	Mr Harold M Lloyd	Framed Letter of Thanks	For the rescue of three people from the yacht Firefly.
1914	Pilot Apprentice Daniel P Davies	Silver Medal	For rescuing two men from the ketch Elizabeth Couch.
1935	Honorary Secretary/Acting Coxswain Archibald C Jones	Silver Medal	For a dangerous service to rescue six crew from the schooner Goeland.
1935	Second Coxswain Henry Hobbs	Bronze Medal	For a dangerous service to rescue six crew from the schooner Goeland.
1935	Mechanic Hewitt Swarts	Bronze Medal	For a dangerous service to rescue six crew from the schooner Goeland.
1935	Crew Member Stanley Alexander	Bronze Medal	For a dangerous service to rescue six crew from the schooner Goeland.
1935	Crew Member Thomas Alexander	Bronze Medal	For a dangerous service to rescue six crew from the schooner Goeland.
1935	Crew Member William Cook	Bronze Medal	For a dangerous service to rescue six crew from the schooner Goeland.
1935	Crew Member Henry Housden	Bronze Medal	For a dangerous service to rescue six crew from the schooner Goeland.
1935	Crew Member Frederick Searle	Bronze Medal	For a dangerous service to rescue six crew from the schooner Goeland.
1941	Coxswain David Lewis	Silver Medal	For rescuing 10 people from the steamer South Coaster during a gale on 6 December 1940.
2003	Honorary Secretary Edward "Ted" George William Powell	MBE	Awarded an MBE in Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Station fatalities

On the 13th January 1965 Coxswain Swarts died while working on the Watson-class lifeboat Rachel and Mary Evans when he fell to the concrete floor of the boathouse.

References

1. RNLI: Barry Dock Lifeboat Station History Archived 26 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Barry Dock lifeboat station homepage