RNLI Anstruther - Fife, Scotland
Posted by: 
creg-ny-baa
N 56° 13.298 W 002° 41.835
30V E 518773 N 6230788
Lifeboat station at Anstruther on the east coast of Scotland in the East Neuk of Fife.
Waymark Code: WM19JCP
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/07/2024
Views: 0
The town of Anstruther (locally referred to as Anster) is situated in the East Neuk of Fife where the Firth of Forth meets the North Sea. The town's sea fishing industry was once the largest in Scotland and it is just east of the harbour that the lifeboat station is situated.
The station opened in 1865, but there was a lifeboat presence in the area as early as 1832 when Coastguard, K. McCullough saved the Master and two seamen of the vessel Sloop Vine off Elie Harbour, of which he was awarded the Silver Medal. He was awarded another Silver Medal along with a Gold Medal awarded to Lt. Henry E. Randall, who saved the six crew of Wanderer at Elie on February 2nd 1833. On December 3rd, later that year, both A. Murray and J. Mason were awarded the Silver Medal the Master and four men from the Schooner John.
The first major change after the station opening, came in 1904 when a new lifeboat house and slipway were opened at a coat of £1,600.
In 1965 a new lifeboat, HRH the Duchess of Gloucester arrived on July 28th. A new Mersey Class lifeboat arrived in 1991 which meant that the station was extended. Four years later it was extended again with a two storey extension on the starboard side.
In 2003, a relief lifeboat arrived, D-552 Global Marine, before a refurbishment and extension heralded a new Class D ILB D-667 at a coat of £273,000 in 2009.
A bronze medal was a awarded to Helmsman Barry Gourlay for saving the two crew of the motor vessel, Princess, which came ashore on rocks at Sauchope Beach on August 1st 2012.