30/01/2007
"Hilda Jarret" in five-year
survey
Keeping a lifeboat service
in operation requires investment and planning as well as the
commitment of a local volunteer crew. The RNLI schedules regular
maintenance for each of its lifeboats. The Baltimore Lifeboat,
“Hilda Jarrett”, is currently in transit for a
routine five-year survey. The work will take place at Coastal
Marine Ltd, Eyemouth, on the east coast of Scotland and is
expected to take up to four months to complete.
The Baltimore Lifeboat, “Hilda Jarrett”, 47-024
is a Tyne class all-weather lifeboat. The Tyne class was introduced
by the RNLI in 1982. When the “Hilda Jarret” ,
was commissioned in Baltimore in 1988, she had twice the power
of her predecessor, the “Charles Henry”, boasting
a top speed of 18 knots. Built at the Isle of Wight on the
South Coast of England, the 47ft Tyne class lifeboat cost
£564,000 at the time. The “Hilda Jarrett”
is equipped with twin 425 hp engines and fitted with a range
of modern search and rescue aids. She carries 510 gallons
of diesel plus 102 gallons in reserve. This will fuel her
for about twelve hours at a speed of 18 knots.
Getting the lifeboat to Scotland presented some logistical
challenges. A passage from Baltimore to Conwy, near the Isle
of Anglesey, was planned carefully. The lifeboat crew will
overnight in Kilmore Quay and Hollyhead en route as access
to Conwy is tidal and restricted to 2 hours either side of
high water. The lifeboat will be met by a bespoke RNLI low-loader,
which will take the lifeboat by road to Eyemouth. The crew
for the passage are; Coxswain, Aidan Bushe, Mechanic, Cathal
Cottrell, Sean McCarthy Jerry Smith and Simon Duggan.
In order to maintain the lifeboat service at Baltimore,a relief
lifeboat was brought over from Newlyn, Cornwall. The Tyne
Class Lifeboat RNLI 47-071, “Owen & Anne Aisher”,
left Newlyn, Cornwall on Saturday at 14:00 and arrived in
Baltimore on Sunday 19:15, taking in an overnight at St Marys,
in the Scilly Islands. Crew for this passage were; Coxswain,
Kieran Cotter, Mechanic, Gerry Smith, Ronnie Carty, Pat Collins
and John Joe O’Driscoll.
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