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Welcome to Baltimore
in West Cork, Ireland, gateway to the Carberys 100 Isles!
The Baltimore Lifeboat station is located at Bull point and
is home to the Hilda Jarrett, a Tyne class all-weather
lifeboat and Bessie an Atlantic 75 B class inshore
lifeboat.
The Lifeboat is part of the
RNLI. The Royal
National Lifeboat Institute is a charity that saves lives
at sea. There are 233 Lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland,
55 of which are based on the island of Ireland.
The RNLI provides on call,
24 hour lifeboat service to cover search and rescue up to
100 nautical miles off the coast of Ireland. The crews are
made up of volunteers from all walks of life that give up
their time and comfort to carry out rescues and train for
them, in difficult and often dangerous conditions.
The Baltimore Station, provides
a service in the waters between Galley Head and Mizen Head,
encompassing the Island communities of Cape
Clear, Sherkin, Heir and Long Islands and the well known
and loved Fastnet
Lighthouse. Search and rescue operations
are directed through the Irish Coast Guard service. They are
often carried out with the support of the Coast Guard Sikorski
helicopters based at Shannon & Waterford, Cliff Rescue
based in Toe Head, Glandore and Goleen and adjacent RNLI Lifeboat
Stations at Courtmacsherry and Castletownbere.
In 2007 the lifeboat was tasked
on 11 occasions to provide an emergency repsonse, saving the
lives of 5 individuals. During 2006 Hilda Jarrett
was launched 28 times and rescued a total of 29 people, significantly
more than in 2005 when the lifeboat
was launched 17 times and rescued 13 people.
Please see the Shouts
section for updates on our most recent calls.
The Lifeboat also played a
valiant role in the Fastnet
Yacht Race Disaster in 1979.
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