Ballycotton lifeboat station is one of the most famous in Ireland, and one of the best known of any in the whole lifeboat service. First established in 1858, the station has a long and proud history of rescuing those in peril off the coast of County Cork. The first lifeboat was powered by oars and sail, launched from a carriage and kept in a house above the cliffs. A powerful motor lifeboat was sent to the station in 1930 and this lifeboat, named Mary Stanford, was involved in one of the most famous rescues in the history of the lifeboat service when her crew rescued the crew of the Daunt Rock lightvessel for which the Coxswain was awarded the RNLI's Gold Medal. Many other medal-winning rescues have been carried out by Ballycotton lifeboat crews, and the current lifeboat, a high-speed Trent class named Austin Lidbury, continues a fine tradition of service.
The celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the station's founding took place in September 2008 and this new publication provides an up-to-date history of the station with comprehensive details of all the lifeboats that have seen service over the past century and a half, descriptions of all the famous rescues and recounts the volunteer crews' bravery and courage.
- ISBN10 1843064855
- ISBN13 9781843064855
- Publish Date 25 September 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 September 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The Horizon Press
- Imprint Landmark Publishing Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 144
- Language English