Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station

Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station is located in Trearddur, Anglesey, Wales and opened in 1967 as an inshore lifeboat station.[1]

Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station
Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station
Trearddur, Anglesey
General information
Type	RNLI Lifeboat Station
Location	Lon Isallt, Trearddur Bay, Anglesey, UK. LL65 2UP
Country	Wales, UK
Coordinates	53°16′50″N 4°37′11″W
Opened	1967
Owner	Royal National Lifeboat Institution

The station currently operates both an Atlantic 85-class lifeboat and a D-class (IB1) lifeboat.

History

A lifeboat station was established in Trearddur in 1967 as an inshore lifeboat station, and a D-class (RFD PB16) lifeboat was placed on station, with her first rescue taking place on 4 June, and a new boathouse was constructed in 1971.

A new and larger boathouse was built in 1993, which provided changing room facilities, crew room and galley, a workshop, fuel store and storeroom and a souvenir outlet, which allowed a new Atlantic 21-class lifeboat to be placed on station on 5 December 1996, with the D-class being withdrawn.

On 24 May 2001, the station's Honorary Secretary Mr Jack Abbott MBE was awarded the Royal Humane Society Testimonial Vellum and a Resuscitation Certificate for his rescue of a man who got into difficulties trying to return to the shore after swimming after his dinghy which had drifted away from the slipway. Abbott spotted the man face down, 50m from shore and swam out to him, towed him back to shore and performed CPR.[2]

The same year, a decision was made by the RNLI to reallocate a D-class lifeboat to Trearddur Bay to operate alongside the B-class lifeboat already on station.

On 24 February 2011, Prince William and his fiancée Catherine Middleton were present at the station to officially name the new D-class (IB1) lifeboat Hereford Endeavour.[3]

Fleet

D-class

Dates in service	Class	Op. No.	Name
1967–1977	D-class (RFD PB16)	D-126	unnamed
1978–1988	D-class (RFD PB16)	D-259	S.M.T.A. Shuttle
1988–1996	D-class (EA16)	D-367	Sea Horse
D-class withdrawn
2001–2002	D-class (EA16)	D-441	Irish Diver
2002–2004	D-class (EA16)	D-440	Brenda Reed
2004–2012	D-class (EA16)	D-614	Flo and Dick Smith
2012–present	D-class (IB1)	D-753	Clive and Imelda Rawlings

B-class

Dates in service	Class	Op. No.	Name
1996	Atlantic 21-class	B-540	Wolverhampton
1997–2010	Atlantic 75-class	B-731	Dorothy Selina
2010–present	Atlantic 85-class	B-847	Hereford Endeavour

Station Honours

The following RNLI medals and other awards have been presented to crew members from Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station:[1]

2 x Framed Letters of Thanks

• (1999) A Framed Letter of Thanks was awarded to Helmsman Alan Hughes for his actions during a search for a child who had fallen into the sea at Rhoscolyn.
• (2006) A Framed Letter of Thanks was awarded to Helmsman Terry Penlebury for his part in saving the lives of two divers.

1 x Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum

• (2002) The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum was awarded to Helmsman Christopher Pritchard for the rescue of three people from a capsized speedboat on 8 September 2001

2 x Bronze medals

• (1971) Bronze Medals were awarded to John Burns and Edmund Williams for rescuing two people that were clinging to a capsized dinghy near Cod Rocks.

References

1. "Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station". RNLI. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
2. "Awards for hero who dived to the rescue". Crewe Chronicle. 3 September 2001. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
3. "Prince William and Kate Middleton launch lifeboat at Trearddur Bay". Walesonline.co.uk. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

External links

• RNLI page on Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station