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DARTMOUTH TIMELINE

See news for February 2007 at bottom of page

The establishment of this station in 1878 is recorded in the Lifeboat Journal of 1 February 1879, whilst a fuller description of the station is given in the Journal of 1 November 1888 following the arrival of a new lifeboat. The extracts are given below.

1878  Lifeboat house built on land used by Dartmouth Boat Club. The site was owned by Raleigh Estates. Cost £300.

1879  Slipway built at Sandquay, cost £61.

1896  Station Closed. Lifeboat house sold for £100

Honorary Secretaries were:

Major Percy Hockin 1878 - 1891
Henry Hooks, HMC 1891 - 1896
T S Mitchell 1896 - 1898
Rob Clements 2007->

  Boat Details

ON Boat Period Launches Lives Rescued Cost of Boat
- Maud Hargreaves 1878 - 1887 0 0 £328
129 Henry and Amanda Shaw 1887 - 1896 3 0 £517
D-702 Spirit of the Dart 2008 - See Dart Web Site   circa £29000

To view Extracts from the R.N.L.I. Journals re Dartmouth Lifeboat Station click here. (use your Browser Back to return). Enjoy the writing of over a century ago!

 

110 Years later - 2006

The RNLI are hoping to re-establish a D-Class station to serve the River Dart for the summer of 2007

 February 2007

A Site has been proposed for the new ILB Station - understood to be Coronation Park.

July 2007

Planning Permission granted for 5 years - old Tennis Pavilion on Coronation Park to be replaced by a purpose built but temporary boat house for a D Class lifeboat, office, crew area and small tractor. Crew training progressing and station should be operational for the early autumn 2007.

It will be interesting to record the costs of today's provision compared with the above.

25 October 2007

The Divisional Inspector permits operation to commence at the 'Dart Lifeboat Station' 

7 November 2007

The new station has been built and a temporary D Class has been allocated. The station was accepted by the RNLI Trustees on 7th November and will be known as the 'Dart Lifeboat Station'.

See web site link from the RNLI South Map   - www.dartmouth-lifeboat.org.uk

2 August 2008

Naming Ceremony held for the 'Spirit of the Dart' presented to the RNLI by 'Caterfoods - South West' - see the Dart Lifeboat Web Site for details.

All the best to the Station for the future years.

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