Barry Dock Lifeboat Station

Barry Dock Lifeboat Station
RNLI Lifeboat station
The Station
Country	Wales, UK
State	Vale of Glamorgan
Town	Barry
Location	The Pierhead Buildings, The Outer Harbour, Barry Docks, Vale of Glamorgan, UK
- coordinates	51°23′35″N 3°15′42″W / 51.39306°N 3.26167°WCoordinates: 51°23′35″N 3°15′42″W / 51.39306°N 3.26167°W
Founded	1901
Owner	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Visitation	By appointment only
Barry, Vale of Glamorgan

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the station received its first motor lifeboat and in 1973 the station received a second lifeboat (which was eventually withdrawn from service in 1979)

The station then received a series of three different Arun-class lifeboats. The station currently operates a Trent-class lifeboat called Inner Wheel II.

Fleet

Dates in service	Class	ON	Op. No.	Name
1901–1922	Watson-class (Oared)			John Wesley
1922–1937	45ft Watson-class	ON 677		Prince David
1937–1969	41ft Watson-class	ON 806		Rachel and Mary Evans
1969–1974	Waveney-class	ON 1005	44-006	Arthur and Blanche Harris
1974–1997	Arun-class	ON 1018	52-01	Arun (Renamed "Arun Adventurer" when sold out of service in 1997)
1997–2003	Arun-class	ON 1082	52-23	Margaret Frances Love
2003–2006	Arun-class	ON 1135	52-39	Mickie Salvesen
2006–present	Trent-class	ON 1245	14-29	Inner Wheel II

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 Mr Ted Powell	MBE	Awarded an MBE in Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Station fatalities

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

External links

• Barry Dock lifeboat station homepage