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Henry Dundas
Built in
1890
at
a cost of £667.
On Service in St. Mary's.
Isle of Man.
1891 - 1895 Later re - named Tom & Jenny
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On Service in Beaumaris
1896 - 1911 Taken to Rosslare Harbour
Broken up in 1911 |
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The Third
Christopher
Brown
Built in 1896 at a cost of £514
Stuck in Sand on Old Slip Penmon at Low Water
1903
There were two previous boats
called Christopher Brown
dating from 1868
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The Frederick Kitchin
Built in 1908 at a cost of
£3,727
Beaumaris's first Motor - Lifeboat 43'
On Service in Beaumaris 1914 - 1945
1950 Renamed " Lady Pat " Cabin Added - Yacht
19 ? Re - named " Jackie Maxwell."
1997 Auctioned at Teesmouth.
Picture by Courtesy of Mr. Huw Williams. |
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Update
of The Frederick Kitchin.
The whereabouts of Fredrick
Kitchen was unknown since 1997 until we received an e-mail saying
that this vessel was alive and well in a
Boatyard at Blyth in Northumberland where she is being restored. |
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After
she has been restored ( photo promised later ) she will be operating as a
Fishing vessel under a new name of " Herring Queen " |
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Field
Marshal and Mrs. Smuts Built in 1945 at a cost of £13,865
On Service in Beaumaris 1945 - 1977
1977 - 1979 Relief at Crosshaven Boat Yard.
1979 Bought by K. Page of Castletown for £50.
Motor Yacht Conversion at Kelly's Boatyard. Port St. Mary's Isle of Man.
Renamed " Llas - Sah - Dee " owned by Mr. D. Hassal of Conwy
Now in Bangor - Up for Sale in
Dickies Boat yard Bangor. North Wales |
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The Greater London ll Built in 1955 at a cost of
£32,188
( Civil Service No. 30 ) On Service in Beaumaris 1977 - 1989
Previously stationed at Southend - on - Sea where she rescued 139 lives.
1989 Unaltered and Re-named " Gallichan " after Coxswain who was awarded the
Bronze Medal.
Re - berthed at Brixham and used as a Pleasure Boat.
Now believed to be on route to Barcelona |
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The Robert
Built in 1960 at a cost of
£34,826
1960 - 1975 On Service Broughty Ferry.
1978 -1984 On Service Baltimore. Southern Ireland.
1985 - 1988 On Service Lytham - St. - Annes.
1989 - 1991 On Service at Beaumaris.
Sold out of
Service and now named" Harriet Clare "
Unaltered and used as a Pleasure Boat on the
River Loire Briare France.
2003 Purchased by Allchorn Pleasure Boats, Eastbourne to
provide lifeboat experience cruises in the area.
She is in original service condition and the name restored to
The Robert.
This lifeboat is the only R.N.L.I. craft that has served on stations
in
England - Ireland - Scotland and Wales. |
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Blue Peter II
Inshore Lifeboat
Built
at a cost of £88,000
Funded by Blue Peter Television Viewers.
On Service at Beaumaris
since June 2000 |
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The 1868
Lifeboat House at Penmon.
Now a private house.
On the Slipway is the Last Christopher Brown Lifeboat.
Replaced in 1913 by the
Motor Lifeboat the " Frederick Kitchin "
Photographs by kind permission of
Lt. Col. V.J.C.Cooper.
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One of the
" Christopher Brown Lifeboats.
Photograph by kind permission of
Lt. Col. V.J.C.Cooper |
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The Dedication of the "
Christopher Brown " in Settle North Yorkshire.
( Probably on route to Beaumaris )
The first of three Lifeboats of that name presented
by the people of Settle. North Yorkshire.
Photograph by kind permission of
Lt. Col.V.J.C.Cooper. |
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"
Christopher Brown " The first of three Lifeboats of that name presented by
the people of Settle.
North Yorkshire.
The Photograph shows the launch of the first of the series in 1868
Photograph by kind permission of
Lt. Col. V.J.C.Cooper. |
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Christopher
Brown -
The man who funded the first three Lifeboats of that name with
a
model of his First Lifeboat
Photograph by kind permission of
Lt.Col. V.J.C.Cooper. |
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28th.
January 1878 Robert Roberts ( Right ) was awarded his Bronze medal by the
Royal Humane Society.
( Names not known of the other two men )
Photograph by kind permission of
Lt. Col. V.J.C.Cooper. |
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