# Fishguard Lifeboat Station

Fishguard Lifeboat Station in located on the quay, at the northern breakwater of Fishguard Harbour, in the community of Fishguard and Goodwick, in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales.
A lifeboat was first placed here in 1822, but closed in 1847. A station was re-established by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station in 1855.
Operating two lifeboats, a Trent-class lifeboat 14-03 Blue Peter VII (ON 1198) and an Inshore D-class (IB1) lifeboat Edward Arthur Richardson (D-789), it is of seven stations with a lifeboat that was funded by the BBC children's television series Blue Peter.

## History

The station has operated since 1822 and crews have been presented with 29 awards for gallantry including, in 1847, two RNLI Silver Medals to Martha and Margaret Llewellyn. The RNLI took over the station in 1855.
In May 1874 the RNLI awarded the Fishguard lifeboat No.1 crew £27 for their lifesaving services over the previous month; they included saving a total of 17 crew from the schooners J.T.S., Squirrel and Gem and the smack Lerry.
On 16 November 1882 the lifeboat attended 15 different vessels and saved 46 lives.
A slipway was built by the Great Western Railway in 1911 for a new boathouse; both were replaced in 1930. The lifeboat Charterhouse (ON563) was on station between 1909 and 1931, during which time her crews saved 47 lives. Her centenary was celebrated in 2009, still afloat and renamed Marian.
In February 1946 White Star was at sea for more than 24 hours in severe weather standing by the broken-down submarine HMS Universal and helping to rescue her crew.

## Station honours

The following are awards made at Fishguard. Twenty-eight medals have been awarded, 1 Gold, 18 Silver and 9 Bronze.
* RNLI Gold Medal
       John Howells, Coxswain - 1921
* RNIPLS Silver Medal
       Lieut Thomas Evans RN - 1834
       Captain Thomas Evans RN - 1844
       John Acraman, Merchant - 1845
       John Evans, Master of the Schooner Royal George - 1847
       William Jenkins - 1847
       Martha Llewellyn - 1847
       Margaret Llewellyn - 1847
       William Rees, Acting Master - 1849
* RNLI Silver Medal
       David Beddoe - 1861
       Albert Furlong - 1861
       James White, Coxswain - 1873
       James White, Coxswain - 1875 (Second Service award)
       James White, Coxswain - 1877 (Third Service award)
       James Thomas, Coxswain - 1899
       James Thomas, Coxswain Superintendent - 1906 (Second Service award)
       Thomas Oakley Davies, Second Coxswain - 1921
       Robert Edwin Simpson, Motor Mechanic - 1921
       Thomas Holmes, crewman - 1921
* RNLI Bronze Medal
       W. Devereux - 1921
       T. Duffin - 1921
       J. Gardiner - 1921
       H. M. Mason - 1921
       Thomas Perkins - 1921
       John Rourke - 1921
       William John Thomas - 1921
       R. Veal - 1921
       P. Whelan - 1921
* The Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum
       Captain W. Harries - 1874
       W Jenkins - 1874
       J.G. Annal - 1874
       Stephen Done, Helmsman - 2007
* A Framed Letter of Thanks signed by the Chairman of the Institution
       Francis George, Coxswain - 1984
       Dr Joanne Boughton, crew member - 2007
       Robert Lanham, crew member - 2007
* Gold Watch, presented by The Queen of the Netherlands
       John Howells, Coxswain - 1921
* Silver Watch, presented by The Queen of the Netherlands
       each of the 12 members of the crew - 1921
* Member, Order of the British Empire (MBE)
       Morris Lyndon Nicholls, Honorary Secretary - 1950NYH
       Francis George, Coxswain - 2003NYH

## Fishguard lifeboats
### All-weather lifeboats
#### No.1 Station

| ON | Name | In service | Class |
| – | Unnamed | 1825–1847 | |
| Pre-293 | Unnamed | 1855–1862 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) |
| Pre-340 | Sir Edward Perrott | 1863–1885 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) |
| Pre-411 | Sir Edward Perrott | 1885–1889 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) |
| 252 | Elizabeth Mary | 1889–1907 | 31-foot Self-Righting (P&S) |
    No.1 Station closed in 1907
    Pre ON numbers are unofficial numbers used by the Lifeboat Enthusiast Society to reference early lifeboats not included on the official RNLI list.

#### No.2 Station

| ON | Op. No. | Name | In service | Class |
| Pre-247 | – | Helen of Foxley | 1869–1885 | 30-foot Self-Righting (P&S) |
| 60 | – | Appin | 1885–1906 | 37-foot 2in Self-Righting (P&S) |
| 295 | – | Joseph Denman | 1906–1909 | 37-foot Self-Righting (P&S) |
| 563 | – | Charterhouse | 1909–1931 | 40-foot Self-Righting (motor) |
| 710 | – | White Star | 1931–1956 | 45ft 6in Watson |
| 932 | – | Howard Marryat | 1956–1981 | 46ft 9in Watson |
| 1076 | 52-19 | Marie Winstone | 1981–1994 | Arun |
| 1198 | 14-03 | Blue Peter VII | 1994– | Trent |

### Inshore lifeboats

| Op. No. | Name | In service | Class |
| D-505 | Arthur Bygraves | 1995–2006 | D-class (EA16) |
| D-652 | Team Effort | 2006–2015 | D-class (IB1) |
| D-789 | Edward Arthur Richardson | 2016– | D-class (IB1) |
* 1 2 ON is the RNLI's Official Number of the boat.
* 1 2 Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat carried on the hull.