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DARTMOUTH TIMELINE See news for February 2007 at bottom of page The establishment of this station in 1878 is recorded in the Lifeboat Journal of 1 February 1879, whilst a fuller description of the station is given in the Journal of 1 November 1888 following the arrival of a new lifeboat. The extracts are given below. 1878 Lifeboat house built on land used by Dartmouth Boat Club. The site was owned by Raleigh Estates. Cost £300. 1879 Slipway built at Sandquay, cost £61. 1896 Station Closed. Lifeboat house sold for £100 Honorary Secretaries were:
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To view Extracts from the R.N.L.I. Journals re Dartmouth Lifeboat Station click here. (use your Browser Back to return). Enjoy the writing of over a century ago!
110 Years later - 2006 The RNLI are hoping to re-establish a D-Class station to serve the River Dart for the summer of 2007 February 2007A Site has been proposed for the new ILB Station - understood to be Coronation Park. July 2007 Planning Permission granted for 5 years - old Tennis Pavilion on Coronation Park to be replaced by a purpose built but temporary boat house for a D Class lifeboat, office, crew area and small tractor. Crew training progressing and station should be operational for the early autumn 2007. It will be interesting to record the costs of today's provision compared with the above. 25 October 2007 The Divisional Inspector permits operation to commence at the 'Dart Lifeboat Station' 7 November 2007 The new station has been built and a temporary D Class has been allocated. The station was accepted by the RNLI Trustees on 7th November and will be known as the 'Dart Lifeboat Station'. See web site link from the RNLI South Map - www.dartmouth-lifeboat.org.uk |
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