The Lifeboat at Mallaig
by Joan-Violet Stretch
Title
The Lifeboat at Mallaig
Artist
Joan-Violet Stretch
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Photograph - Photography
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I took this picture about 4 years ago in Mallaig whilst staying at Fort William in Scotland...this Lifeboat is named Henry Alston Hewit. I don't usually do big descriptions mine are usually apt and to the point, but I thought people would like to know the history of the Lifeboats here at Mallaig in Scotland...notes below taken from mallaigheritage.org.uk:
The first lifeboat stationed in Mallaig was the former Tobermory lifeboat, Sir Arthur Rose, in 1948. Although a slow and clumsy vessel by today's standards, the Sir Arthur Rose was sailed by men who have become local legends and took part in some remarkable rescues, including that of the M.V. Tapti , in 1953, in which 62 people were saved, the largest number saved in one operation by the Mallaig lifeboat. She was followed by the EMM Gordon Cubbin in 1957 and then by the Arun class lifeboat, the Davina and Charles Matthews- Hunter in 1982. This vessel was replaced by a new Severn class vessel, the Henry Alston Hewat, in January 2001.
As the most westerly lifeboat station on the British mainland the Mallaig lifeboat is regularly called out to assist vessels in trouble in the South Minch and along the south and east coasts of Skye. It can also be called on to transport the doctor, police or fire service to the islands or to inaccessible parts of the mainland in emergency. The most unusual use of the lifeboat probably occurred during the General Election of April 1992, when a helicopter carrying ballot boxes from the Small Isles crash-landed in Knoydart and the boxes were transported to Mallaig by lifeboat.
All Lifeboat men are volunteers, with sons following their fathers in the service.It was a lovely sight to see this beautiful bright orange vessel in the harbour at Mallaig
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May 7th, 2015
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