Skerries Lifeboat Station
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N 53° 35.131 W 006° 06.340
29U E 691577 N 5941303
Skerries has a long tradition with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and like Balbriggan, Rush and Loughshinny, it has had its fair share of shipwrecks, disaster and tragedy over hundreds of years just off our shores.
Waymark Code: WM3025
Location: Ireland
Date Posted: 01/18/2008
Views: 17
The RNLI was established in Skerries in 1854, the station closed in 1930 and it was re-opened in 1981 and is still very much operational today. Prior to 1854 a lifeboat designed by James and Edward Rellew Plerty was stationed at Skerries. It was sent by the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwrecks (R.N.I.P.L.S.), later to be called RNLI. The lifeboat came to Skerries in 1833 on the authority of James Dombrain, coastguard official for Ireland. She was 24 ft long, 8 ft wide and weighted one and a half tons. She also carried eight oars and one sail. The cost was £130-00-00 and was crewed by 9 people. The boat was on station between 1833 and 1838.
Name of the Lifeboat or station: Skerries
Adress:
Harbour Rd
Skerries, Ireland
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Number of the Lifeboat: Not listed
Callsign Marifoon: Not listed
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