Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station

Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station
Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station
	Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station
	Trearddur, Anglesey
General information
Type	RNLI Lifeboat Station
Address	Lon Isallt
Town or city	Trearddur Bay, Anglesey, LL65 2UP
Country	Wales, UK
Coordinates	53°16′50″N 4°37′11″W / 53.28056°N 4.61972°W
Opened	1967
Owner	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Website
	Trearddur Bay RNLI Lifeboat Station

Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station is located in Trearddur, Anglesey, Wales and opened in 1967 as an inshore lifeboat station.^[1]

The station currently operates both an Atlantic 85-class lifeboat and a D-class (IB1) lifeboat.

History

A lifeboat station was established in Trearddur in 1967 as an inshore lifeboat station, and a D-class (RFD PB16) lifeboat was placed on station, with her first rescue taking place on 4 June, and a new boathouse was constructed in 1971.

A new and larger boathouse was built in 1993, which provided changing room facilities, crew room and galley, a workshop, fuel store and storeroom and a souvenir outlet, which allowed a new Atlantic 21-class lifeboat to be placed on station on 5 December 1996, with the D-class being withdrawn.

On 24 May 2001, the station's Honorary Secretary Mr Jack Abbott MBE was awarded the Royal Humane Society Testimonial Vellum and a Resuscitation Certificate for his rescue of a man who got into difficulties trying to return to the shore after swimming after his dinghy which had drifted away from the slipway. Abbott spotted the man face down, 50m from shore and swam out to him, towed him back to shore and performed CPR.^[2]

The same year, a decision was made by the RNLI to reallocate a D-class lifeboat to Trearddur Bay to operate alongside the B-class lifeboat already on station.

On 24 February 2011, Prince William and his fiancée Catherine Middleton were present at the station to officially name the new B-class (Atlantic 85) lifeboat Hereford Endeavour (B-847).^[3]

In 2022, Helmsman Lee Duncan became the first crew member of a B-class lifeboat to be awarded the RNLI Silver Medal for the rescue of a surfer in extreme weather conditions. The three other crew members, Dafydd Griffiths, Leigh McCann and Michael Doran, were each awarded the RNLI bronze medal.^[4]

Station honours

The following RNLI medals and other awards have been presented to crew members from Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station:^[1]

RNLI Silver Medal

2022 - for the rescue of a female surfer during gale force 9 winds on 20 May 2021.

Helmsman Lee Duncan

RNLI Bronze Medal

1971 - for rescuing two people that were clinging to a capsized dinghy near Cod Rocks.

John Burns

Edmund Williams

2022 - for the rescue of a female surfer during gale force 9 winds on 20 May 2021.

Dafydd Griffiths

Leigh McCann

Michael Doran

The Walter and Elizabeth Groombridge Award for 2001

(Awarded annually for the most meritorious rescue carried out by an inshore lifeboat crew.)

2001 - for the rescue of three people from a capsized speedboat on 8 September 2001.

Helmsman Christopher Pritchard

Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum

2002 - for the rescue of three people from a capsized speedboat on 8 September 2001

Helmsman Christopher Pritchard

Framed Letters of Thanks

1999 - for his actions during a search for a child who had fallen into the sea at Rhoscolyn.

Helmsman Alan Hughes

2006 - for his part in saving the lives of two divers.

Helmsman Terry Pendlebury

Chief Executives Commendation

2022 -

All the team at Trearddur Bay RNLI

Chief Executives Letter of Commendation

2022 -

Paul Moffett, Lifeboat Operations Manager

Letter of Commendation from the Director of Operations

2022 -

Mark Smith, Tractor Driver

Medical Director Commendations

2022-

Lee Duncan, Steve Williams, Tom Moffett, Matthew Hannaby and Mike Doran