RNLB Mary Stanford (ON 733)
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For the Rye Harbour lifeboat, see RNLB Mary Stanford (ON 661).
RNLB Mary Stanford (ON 733) was the Ballycotton Lifeboat from 1930 to 1959. Ballycotton is on Ireland's southern coast, a trade route to the Americas. There are many dangerous rocks and shallows with on-shore prevailing winds. Ballycotton has a long tradition of life-saving. Mary Stanford had 41 rescues, or "shouts", and saved 122 lives. She performed the notable Daunt Lightship rescue on 11 February 1936. After her withdrawal from service she lay for some years in a backwater of Dublin's Grand Canal Dock, but has now been returned to Ballycotton and restored.[1]
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Oil painting by B. F. Gribble of the rescue of the crew of the Daunt Lightship by the Mary Stanford. It was depicted on a 1974 Irish postage stamp marking the RNLI's 150th anniversary | |
History | |
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Name | Mary Stanford |
Owner | RNLI |
Builder | Saunders Roe Ltd, Cowes. |
Cost | £9,402-15s–11d |
Christened | 7 July 1931 |
Completed | 22 July 1930 |
Maiden voyage | 17 September 1931 |
In service | 1930 |
Out of service | 1959 |
Identification | ON733 |
Fate | Restored by The Mary Stanford Project |
Donor: | John Frederick Stanford, London. |
Station | Ballycotton |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Barnett |
Tonnage | 2 |
Length | 51 ft |
Installed power | 2 x six-cylinder 60hp Weybury C.6 petrol engines running at 1,200 rpm |
Sail plan | Auxiliary sail |
Speed | 8.88 knots |
Capacity | 100 |
Crew | 12 |
Notes | Saved over 100 lives |
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