Aberdeen Lifeboat Station
Aberdeen Lifeboat Station is located in Scotland
Aberdeen Lifeboat Station
Aberdeen, Scotland
General information
TypeRNLI Lifeboat Station
LocationVictoria Dock Entrance, Waterloo Quay Aberdeen, Scotland AB11 5DF, UK
CountryScotland, UK
Coordinates57°08′39″N 2°04′52″W / 57.14413°N 2.08103°W / 57.14413; -2.08103
OwnerRoyal 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
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
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
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

References

  1. ^ a b "Aberdeen Lifeboat Station". RNLI. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  2. ^ McNeill, Terry (21 April 2019). "New Aberdeen lifeboat named for men lost in helicopter tragedy". RNLI. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Aberdeen's station history". RNLI. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. ^ Cox, Barry (1998). Lifeboat Gallantry. Spink & Son Ltd. ISBN 0 907605 89 3.
  5. ^ "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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