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Padstow lifeboat Station is based at Trevose Head west of Padstow. The current lifeboat is a Tamar class boat called "Spirit of Padstow". == History == * 4 January 1827 - The first lifeboat ''Mariners Friend'' was built by the Padstow Harbour Association and kept at Hawker's Cove. * 11 November 1829 - The first boathouse was built for the lifeboat by Padstow Harbour Association. * 22 December 1855 - Padstow branch of the RNLI was formed. * 25 July 1856 - The arrival of the ''Albert Edward'' * 1863 - New boathouse built to take larger lifeboat. * December 1864 - Stone slipway added to boathouse. * 6 February 1867 - Five crewmen drowned (See Padstow Lifeboat disasters). * 15 August 1883 - Arrival of the ''Arab''. * 4 September 1883 - Carriage house for lifeboat built in Trethillick Lane. * 21 February 1899 - Arrival of the ''James Stevens No 4'' (a new steam lifeboat). * 11 April 1900 - Both lifeboats lost and eight crewmen drowned (See Padstow Lifeboat disasters). * 29 August 1901 - Arrival of the 2nd ''Arab''. * 12 September 1901 - Arrival of the ''Edmund Harvey'' and steam tug ''Helen Peele''. * 10 August 1917 - Admiralty commandeered ''Helen Peele'' for the duration of World War I. * April 1929 - Arrival of the ''Princess Mary''. * 1 June 1931 - Arrival of the ''John and Sarah Eliza Stych'' the station’s first motor lifeboat. * 1931 A new boathouse and roller slipway were built at Hawker's Cove for a second motor lifeboat (No.2). * 8 February 1938 - Station numbers change over. * 1 December 1947 - Arrival of the ''J.H.W'' from Lytham St Anne's * 14 August 1951 - Arrival of the ''Bassett Green''. * 30 November 1952 - Arrival of the ''James Hiram Chadwick''. * 22 May 1962 - The No.2 station closed because of silting. * 20 October 1967 - No 1 Station closed * 20 October 1967 - A new boathouse and 240 ft slipway were opened at Trevose Head. *19 July 1968 - New boathouse officially inaugurated; march 'The Padstow Lifeboat' commissioned from Cornwall-resident composer Malcolm Arnold for the occasion〔http://www.allmusic.com/composition/the-padstow-lifeboat-march-for-orchestra-op-94-mc0002395399〕 * 20 October 1967 - Arrival of the ''James and Catherine MacFarlane''. * 1984 - The boathouse was adapted for the station’s Tyne class lifeboat the ''James Burrough''. * 18 December 1984 - Arrival of the ''James Burrough''. * 1991 - Major repairs were carried out to the substructures of both the boathouse and slipway. * 24 July 1993 - Alan C. Tarby appointed Coxswain. * August 2006 - The new boathouse and slipway at Trevose Head is opened. * August 2006 - The arrival of the ''Spirit of Padstow''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Padstow Lifeboat Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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