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Lifeboats
and Service Records
Check your Speakers
are on - listen to the 'Edward Bridges' naming ceremony.
| The following table lists the names of the main
lifeboats on station since 1866
together with the service counts. If you require more detail than this summary then please go to
the
'History Books' page where known publications are listed for
reference. If you know of others please email as shown. Click
on the lifeboat 'name' or 'thumbnail' to see a larger photograph of the associated
lifeboat. |
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| For the period 1875 to 1923 Torquay also had a
Lifeboat Station located at the 'Ladies Bathing Cove' (Now
known as Beacon Cove) which is close to the Imperial
Hotel. And for nine years from 1887 Dartmouth also had a lifeboat.
The Dart Lifeboat Station was established again in 2007 after a gap of 120
years. |
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| The Coxswain(s) for each Lifeboat are listed under
Coxswains Past and Present. |
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TORQUAY
LIFEBOAT (1876 - 1928) -
Station Closed |
Period |
Launches |
Lives Saved |
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Mary Brundret |
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1876 - 1889 |
11 |
19 |
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James & Eliza Woodall |
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1889 - 1902 |
3 |
0 |
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Wighton ON 487 |
1902 - 1923 |
11 |
0 |
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Torquay Harbour Life-Saving Boat |
1917 - 1928 |
1 |
0 |
| DARTMOUTH
LIFEBOAT (1878 - 1896) -
Station Closed |
Period |
Launches |
Lives Saved |
| Maud Hargreaves |
1878 - 1887 |
0 |
0 |
| Henry & Amanda Shaw |
1887 - 1896 |
3 |
0 |
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DART LIFEBOAT
- Station Opened 25 October 2007 |
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Spirit
of the Dart (named in 2008) |
2007 onwards |
For details follow this
link |
| Notes: |
The 'Alfred
and Clara Heath' was the first engine powered boat
at Torbay.
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'George Shee' was the first Brixham lifeboat to lie afloat on the
swinging mooring near the Breakwater Hard 'D Day' slipways. |
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The 'Edward Bridges' was the last Arun to be constructed from wood.
She can now be seen within the Royal National Lifeboat Collection at the Historic
Dockyard, Chatham Maritime Museum, CHATHAM, Kent (www.chdt.org.uk). Most of her
original equipment has been reinstalled. Whilst viewing this
page a recording made at her naming ceremony will run automatically.
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'Alec and Christina Dykes' was
provided with a permanent pontoon mooring in 2007 |
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