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The 1914 Lifeboat Station - The Lizard, Cornwall
The 1914 station was an improvement to previous facilities but the station was still extremely exposed and in certain conditions launching lifeboats was a hazardous exercise. The result of these difficulties were costly repairs to the lifeboats from time to time. The exposed position of the station also required a great deal of expense to maintain its general upkeep. It was also becoming clear that a larger lifeboat would be required for this vitally important area for shipping. Taking all these factors in to consideration, it was decided in 1958 to provide a new larger station and at a location that would be easy to operate from. The RNLI decided that the new station would be built at Kilcobben Cove which lies 1¼ miles east of The Lizard lighthouse. Construction of the new station was a work of major civil engineering and was completed by 1961 at a cost of £90,000. The new station was opened on 7 July 1961 by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness also named the new Barnett class lifeboat The Duke of Cornwall ON952. The lifeboat station was called The Lizard Cadgwith Lifeboat Station. This name was officially changed in 1987 to its present The Lizard Lifeboat Station. In 1988 a new Tyne Class lifeboat called David Robinson ON 1145 was placed on the station which required adaptation work to be carried out on the station and the slipway.
The Lizard (Cornish: An Lysardh) is a peninsula in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point.
Lizard village, the most southerly village on the British mainland, is in Landewednack, the most southerly civil parish.
The peninsula measures approximately 14 miles (23 km) x 14 miles (23 km). It is situated southwest of Falmouth ten miles (16 km) east of Penzance.
The name "Lizard" is most probably a corruption of the Cornish name "Lys Ardh", meaning "high court"; it is purely coincidental that much of the peninsula is composed of a rock called serpentinite. The Lizard peninsula's original name may have been the Celtic name "Predannack" ("British one"); during the Iron Age (Pytheas c. 325 BC) and Roman period, Britain was known as Pretannike (in Greek) and as Albion (and Britons the "Pretani").
The Lizard's coast is particularly hazardous to shipping and the seaways round the peninsula were historically known as the "Graveyard of Ships". The Lizard Lighthouse was built at Lizard Point in 1752 and the RNLI operates The Lizard lifeboat station.
The Lizard lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.
The 1914 Lifeboat Station - The Lizard, Cornwall
The 1914 station was an improvement to previous facilities but the station was still extremely exposed and in certain conditions launching lifeboats was a hazardous exercise. The result of these difficulties were costly repairs to the lifeboats from time to time. The exposed position of the station also required a great deal of expense to maintain its general upkeep. It was also becoming clear that a larger lifeboat would be required for this vitally important area for shipping. Taking all these factors in to consideration, it was decided in 1958 to provide a new larger station and at a location that would be easy to operate from. The RNLI decided that the new station would be built at Kilcobben Cove which lies 1¼ miles east of The Lizard lighthouse. Construction of the new station was a work of major civil engineering and was completed by 1961 at a cost of £90,000. The new station was opened on 7 July 1961 by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness also named the new Barnett class lifeboat The Duke of Cornwall ON952. The lifeboat station was called The Lizard Cadgwith Lifeboat Station. This name was officially changed in 1987 to its present The Lizard Lifeboat Station. In 1988 a new Tyne Class lifeboat called David Robinson ON 1145 was placed on the station which required adaptation work to be carried out on the station and the slipway.
The Lizard (Cornish: An Lysardh) is a peninsula in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point.
Lizard village, the most southerly village on the British mainland, is in Landewednack, the most southerly civil parish.
The peninsula measures approximately 14 miles (23 km) x 14 miles (23 km). It is situated southwest of Falmouth ten miles (16 km) east of Penzance.
The name "Lizard" is most probably a corruption of the Cornish name "Lys Ardh", meaning "high court"; it is purely coincidental that much of the peninsula is composed of a rock called serpentinite. The Lizard peninsula's original name may have been the Celtic name "Predannack" ("British one"); during the Iron Age (Pytheas c. 325 BC) and Roman period, Britain was known as Pretannike (in Greek) and as Albion (and Britons the "Pretani").
The Lizard's coast is particularly hazardous to shipping and the seaways round the peninsula were historically known as the "Graveyard of Ships". The Lizard Lighthouse was built at Lizard Point in 1752 and the RNLI operates The Lizard lifeboat station.
The Lizard lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.