St Mary's Lifeboat Station
St Mary's Lifeboat Station is situated in St Mary's Harbour, Isles of Scilly and has been an important station for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution since the service began in 1837, however without a service between 1855 and 1874.
History
A lifeboat station was provided in 1874 at a cost of £280. In 1899 this was replaced by a new station at Carn Thomas with a slipway, at a cost of £1,500. In 1902 the slipway was extended by by Robert Hicks to enable the lifeboat to be launched at any state of the tide.The lifeboat house was adapted in 1914 to receive a new motor lifeboat, but this didn't arrive on the station until 1919.
Since the arrival of the Robert Edgar in 1981, the lifeboat has been moored in the harbour, rather than the lifeboat house.
St Mary's lifeboats
| Name | Class | Comments | |||
| 1837–1839 | — | — | lifeboat, originally built for. | ||
| 1840–1855 | — | — | lifeboat, originally built for. | ||
| 1874–1890 | — | — | Henry Dundas | long, wide with rows of 12 oars, double-banked. Paid for by Mrs. S.J. Dundas. | |
| 1890–1991 | 271 | — | Henry Dundas | Self-Righter | lifeboat. Later renamed Tom & Jenny. |
| 1891–1899 | 313 | — | Henry Dundas | Self-Righter | long and wide. |
| 1899–1919 | 434 | — | Henry Dundas | non-self-righting lifeboat. | |
| 1919–1930 | 648 | — | Elsie | Watson | First motor lifeboat at station. long and wide with a 60 BHP Tylor motor and Gardner reverse gear, giving a speed of. |
| 1930–1953 | 728 | — | Cunard | Watson | motor lifeboat. Given by the Cunard Steamship Company. Two 40 hp engines giving a speed of. Cost £8,500. |
| 1955–1981 | 926 | — | Watson | Last slipway launched boat. long, speed. Cost £32,000. | |
| 1981–1997 | 1073 | Robert Edgar | Sold in 2002 for use as a training boat in New Zealand. | ||
| 1997– | 1229 | 17-11 | The Whiteheads |