Fishguard Lifeboat Station
Fishguard Lifeboat Station (based in Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, Wales) is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station.

Located on the quay between Fishguard railway station and the northern breakwater, the station is staffed by two crews and has around 30 members. 

Operating two lifeboats, a  lifeboat 14-03 Blue Peter VII (ON 1198) and an inshore  lifeboat Edward Arthur Richardson (D-789), it is one of seven stations with a lifeboat funded by the BBC children's television series Blue Peter.

History 
The station has operated since 1822 and crews have been presented with 29 awards for gallantry including, in 1847, two RNLI Silver Medals to Martha and Margaret Llewellyn. The RNLI took over the station in 1855.

In May 1874 the RNLI awarded the Fishguard lifeboat No.1 crew £27 for their lifesaving services over the previous month; they included saving a total of 17 crew from the schooners J.T.S., Squirrel and Gem and the smack Lerry. 

On 16 November 1882 the lifeboat attended 15 different vessels and saved 46 lives.

A slipway was built by the Great Western Railway in 1911 for a new boathouse; both were replaced in 1930. The lifeboat Charterhouse (ON563) was on station between 1909 and 1931, during which time her crews saved 47 lives. Her centenary was celebrated in 2009, still afloat and renamed Marian.

In February 1946 White Star was at sea for more than 24 hours in severe weather standing by the broken-down submarine  and helping to rescue her crew.

Fishguard Lifeboats

All-weather lifeboats

No.1 Station 

No.1 Station closed in 1907

No.2 Station

Inshore lifeboats

Station Honours 
The following are awards made to the crew of Fishguard Lifeboat Station.
Twenty-eight medals have been awarded, 1 Gold, 18 Silver and 9 Bronze.

RNLI Gold Medal
John Howells, Coxswain - 1921

RNLI Silver Medal
Lieut Thomas Evans RN - 1834

Captain Thomas Evans RN - 1844

John Acraman, Merchant - 1845

John Evans, Master of the Schooner Royal George - 1847
William Jenkins - 1847

Martha Llewellyn - 1847
Margaret Llewellyn - 1847

William Rees, Acting Master - 1849

David Beddoe - 1861
Albert Furlong - 1861

James White, Coxswain - 1873

James White, Coxswain - 1875 (Second Service award)

James White, Coxswain - 1877 (Third Service award)

James Thomas, Coxswain - 1899

James Thomas, Coxswain Superintendent  - 1906 (Second Service award)

Thomas Oakley Davies, Second Coxswain - 1921
Robert Edwin Simpson, Motor Mechanic - 1921
Thomas Holmes, crewman - 1921

RNLI Bronze Medal
W Devereux - 1921
T Duffin - 1921
J Gardiner - 1921
H M Mason - 1921
Thomas Perkins - 1921
John Rourke - 1921
William John Thomas - 1921
R Veal - 1921
P Whelan - 1921

The Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum
Captain W. Harries - 1874 
W Jenkins - 1874
J.G. Annal - 1874

Stephen Done, Helmsman - 2007

A Framed Letter of Thanks signed by the Chairman of the Institution
Francis George, Coxswain - 1984

Dr Joanne Boughton, crew member - 2007
Robert Lanham, crew member - 2007

Gold Watch, presented by The Queen of the Netherlands
John Howells, Coxswain - 1921

Silver Watch, presented by The Queen of the Netherlands
to each of the 12 members of the crew - 1921

 Member, Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Morris Lyndon Nicholls, Honorary Secretary - 1950

Francis George, Coxswain - 2003

See also
 List of RNLI stations
 Royal National Lifeboat Institution
 Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboats

Notes

References

External links
 Fishguard lifeboat station at the RNLI website
 1967 historic film showing the launch of Howard Marryat from 6:21

Lifeboat stations in Wales
Lifeboat
Transport infrastructure completed in 1822
1822 establishments in Wales