Beaumaris History
1830 A Silver Medal was awarded to David Griffiths for rescuing over 40 people from the emigrant ship Newry that was wrecked off the Lleyn Peninsula. The main mast was cut down to form a bridge between the ship and shore and, in total, 375 people were saved.
1831 Silver Medals and Silver Boats were awarded to William Lewis Walker and Ralph Williamson for rescuing 22 people from the wrecked steam packet Rothsay Castle. Over 120 people were lost.
1854 Thomas Price was awarded a Silver Medal for rescuing three men from the smack Two Brothers. It took nearly four hours for Mr Price and eight others to reach the wreck although it was only one mile from the shore.
1891 The RNLI established a station and the lifeboat was kept on moorings off Beaumaris Pier.
1896 The lifeboat was withdrawn and the station closed.
1911 A boathouse and slipway were built at Tre-Castell Point.
1914 The station re-opened and the station’s first motor lifeboat was placed on service.
1959 A Framed Letter of Thanks was sent to the Coxswain and crew for a service to the tanker Essar I in severe weather conditions.
1967 An inshore lifeboat (ILB) station was established in May with a D class lifeboat, which was kept in a boathouse near the Promenade. The cost of the lifeboat was met by the BBC Blue Peter Appeal.
1975 A larger ILB boathouse was built on the east side of the Pier.
1976 The D class lifeboat was withdrawn and replaced with a B class Atlantic 21 lifeboat, funded by the BBC Blue Peter Appeal.
The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum was awarded to Helmsman John Charles Askew when two crew were rescued from the yacht Tantivy.
1978 The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum was awarded to Helmsman David Jones when the yacht Rosskop was saved on 23 July 1977.
1982 A Bronze Medal was awarded to Coxswain David Gallichan for rescuing the two crew from the fishing vessel Wygyr in storm force winds and a blizzard on 13 December 1981.
1983 The ILB boathouse was extended and provided improved crew facilities.
1991 The boathouse was extended for the lifeboat and launching tractor to be coupled in-line, and it also provided a souvenir sales outlet.
The all weather lifeboat was withdrawn on 7 July and the station became an all-year-round inshore lifeboat station.
1998 A Framed Letter of Thanks was awarded to Crew Member Martin Broughton for a service to the grounded yacht Moon Storm in force 10–11 winds, with recorded gusts of force 12.
2000 A new boathouse was completed in May. The new station B class Atlantic 75 lifeboat Blue Peter II was placed on service on 4 September. It was funded by the viewers of the BBC children's programme Blue Peter from the proceeds of The Pieces of Eight Appeal, November 1993.
Station honours
At Beaumaris lifeboat station the following awards have been made:
Framed Letter of Thanks 2
Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum 3
Bronze Medal 1
Silver Medal 6
