Tobermory Lifeboat 

 

Tobermory Lifeboat Station was originally opened in 1938 with the Watson class "Sir Arthur Rose", a gift from Miss Margaret Lithgow of Glengorm.  This boat was on show at the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow during during 1938 where she was tended by the then Station mechanic the late Jimmy Bell.  Through manning troubles the station closed in 1947 with the "Sir Arthur Rose" being transferred to Mallaig. 

The station was re-opened in 1990 with the Waverley class "Ralph and Joy Swan",which was replaced in 1991 by the Arun class "City of Bradford IV", which was replaced by the present lifeboat the Arun class "Ann Lewis Frazer" 

Anne Lewis Fraser [52-41]. Built in 1988 at the Berthon Boat Yard in Lymington Hampshire, she was built at a cost of £552,000 generously provided by the Hugh Fraser Foundation.  Anne Lewis Fraser served as Barra Lifeboat until May 1998 when she was slipped at the Alex. Nobles boatyard in Girvan Ayrshire for an extensive refit. 
52-41 was re -launched on 24th June 1998 and passed out. After a training passage via Isle of Man and Portrush in Northern Ireland she arrived at Tobermory 29th June 1998 ,Anne Lewis Fraser was put on service on 5th July 1998, she is to be replaced by a Severn class Lifeboat in 2003. 

  

 

Information to : tobermory@rnli.org.uk