Aberdeen Lifeboat Station

Aberdeen Lifeboat Station
Aberdeen Lifeboat Station
	Aberdeen, Scotland
General information
Type	RNLI Lifeboat Station
Location	Victoria Dock Entrance,
Address	Waterloo Quay Aberdeen, AB11 5DF
Country	Scotland, UK
Coordinates	57°08′39″N 2°04′52″W / 57.14413°N 2.08103°W
Opened	1802
Owner	Royal 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]

Station honours[edit]

The following are awards made at Aberdeen^[2]^[3]

RNLI Gold Medal

Lt. Henry Randall, RN - 1825

RNLI Silver Medal

Lt. John Sanderson, RN - 1830

Lt. 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

RNLI Bronze Medal

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

The Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum

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

Member, Order of the British Empire (MBE)

William Grieve Deans, Lifeboat Operations Manager - 2018^[4]

Aberdeen Lifeboats[edit]

All-weather lifeboats[edit]

No. 1 Station[edit]

ON^[a]	Op. No.^[b]	Name	In service	Class	Comments
–	–		1802–1820	Greathead-class 10 Oar	Run by Harbour Commission
No lifeboat
–	–		1841–1857	30-foot Pulling	Run by Harbour Commission
–	–	Bon Accord I	1857–1924	Self-Righting Pulling	Run by Harbour Commission
505	–	Reserve No.7C	1925–1926	40-foot Watson-class (P&S)	Previously William Roberts at Littlehaven
693	–	Emma Constance	1926–1951	Barnett
889	–	HiltBriggs	1951–1958	Barnett
944	–	Ramsay Dyce	1958–1976	Barnett
1050	52-05	B.P. Forties	1976–1998	Arun
1135	52-39	Mickie Salvesen	1998–2000	Arun
1248	17-24	Bon Accord	2000–	Severn

No. 2 Station[edit]

ON^[a]	Name	In service	Class	Comments
–	Bon Accord II	1875–1924	Self-Righting Pulling	Run by Harbour Commission
669	Robert and Ellen Robson	1924–1939	34-foot Self-righting (Rubie-class) (P&S)
827	George and Elizabeth Gow	1939–1943	Liverpool
669	Robert and Ellen Robson	1943–1947	34-foot Self-righting (Rubie-class) (P&S)
827	George and Elizabeth Gow	1947–1962	Liverpool

Inshore lifeboats[edit]

Op. No.^[b]	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)	^[5]

^ ^a ^b ON is the RNLI's Official Number of the boat.
^ ^a ^b Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat carried on the hull.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Aberdeen Lifeboat Station". RNLI. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
^ "Aberdeen's station history". RNLI. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ Cox, Barry (1998). Lifeboat Gallantry. Spink & Son Ltd. ISBN 0 907605 89 3.
^ "Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ McNeill, Terry (21 April 2019). "New Aberdeen lifeboat named for men lost in helicopter tragedy". RNLI. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

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