| 1854 |
Lifeboat house constructed for
£98 |
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| 1858 |
Gold Medal awarded to Mr H A
Hamilton of Balbriggan for rescuing the crew of
13 from the brig Tregiste of Trieste that ran
ashore during an easterly gale between Lambay
Island and the mainland on 17 November 1858. This
was an unusually gallant service and reflected
the highest credit on the bravery and perseverance
of Mr Hamilton and his crew. Mr Hamilton already
held the Silver Medal and clasp for services at
Balbriggan. |
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| 1859 |
Silver Medal awarded to a seaman
Alexander Bain for going to the assistance of
the French barque Azalea of Nantes, which had
run ashore on the rocks off Skerries during a
gale on 28 April. He gallantly waded into the
surf at the peril of his life and conveyed a line
to the vessel enabling her crew of three to be
rescued. |
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| 1873 |
On
1 February, the lifeboat launched on service to
the schooner Sarah of Runcorn. The night was bitterly
cold with showers of snow and sleet and it is
thought that the crew became numbed, and lost
all their oars when a cross sea capsized the lifeboat
and threw out the coxswain and six of the crew.
The coxswain was the only man to regain the lifeboat.
The lifeboat capsized a second and third time
and only four of the crew survived, while six
were drowned. The Institution voted £250
to the local fund. |
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| 1877 |
Two
specimen lifebelts with new plans of fastening
them to the body were sent to the station for
trial. One was in the form of a waistcoat and
the other fastened by means of straps and buckles. |
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| 1877 |
Silver
Medal awarded to the Chief Officer of Coastguard
John Payne for the part he played when the smack
Falcon of Skerries was wrecked at Skerries, in
an east-south-easterley gale with a very heavy
sea on 2 January. At great personal risk, he swam
twice to the aid of the crew of the wrecked vessel
whereby he was successful in rescuing one man
who was unconscious. |
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| 1879 |
Signal
gun and magazine supplied. |
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| 1881 |
Lifeboat
capsized without loss of life while out on service
to the barque S. Vaughan of Windsor, Nova Scotia
on 23 and 24 October. The lifeboat was being towed
by a trawler when the tow rope broke and a sea
struck the lifeboat on her quarter. |
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| 1903 |
New
lifeboat house constructed at a cost of £767. |
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| 1930 |
Station
closed following placing of a motor lifeboat at
Howth. |
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| 1981 |
Inshore
lifeboat station established in July with the
placing on service of a D class lifeboat. |
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| 1997 |
Atlantic
21 lifeboat placed at station to carry out evaluation
trials. |
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| 1997 |
Work
commenced in April for a new boathouse for Atlantic
and was completed in August. |
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| 2004 |
The
Trustees of the Institution voted on 6 October
that Skerries is to receive a Vellum to commemorate
an aggregate of 100 years service as a lifeboat
station in 2005. |
