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{{For|the lifeboat station of the same name on the mainland|St Agnes Lifeboat Station}}
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'''St Agnes' Lifeboat Station''' was situated in [[St Agnes, Isles of Scilly|St Agnes]], [[Isles of Scilly]] and provided a service for the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] from 1890 to 1920. The lifeboat station and slipway still exist, and have been identified by the Isles of Scilly Council as a Building of Local Significance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scilly.gov.uk/sites/default/files/document/planning/Conservation%20Area%20Character%20Statement%20CONSULTATION%20DRAFT.pdf |title=Isles of Scilly Conservation Area Character Statement Supplementary Planning Document |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=8 June 2015 |website=Isles of Scilly Council |publisher=Isles of Scilly Council |access-date=28 September 2015 |quote=}}</ref>
==History==
The station opened in 1891 with a single slipway. A new slipway was provided in 1904 at a cost of £5,000 ({{Inflation|UK|5000|1904|r=-3|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}){{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}} to the designs of the Institution's Architect, W.T. Douglass. From the back of the boat house to the toe of the slip it was {{convert|1068|ft|m}}. It was built of Jarrah wood from Western Australia, bolted to granite and concrete pillars, with the exception of a short piece at the upper end, built on the rocks. Two rails ran the entire length of the slip, on which rested the double bogey trolley that carried the boat. Rails were also laid down the old slip which could be used at high tide.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Launch of the St Agnes Lifeboat |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000331/19040825/026/0004
|newspaper=Cornishman |location=Truro |date=25 August 1904 |access-date=28 September 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
The station was closed in 1920.
==Awards==
[[File:List of achievements of the St Agnes Lifeboatmen, Isles of Scilly.jpg|left|thumb|List of achievements of the St Agnes Lifeboatmen]]
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On 13 December 1907, the [[Thomas W. Lawson (ship)|Thomas W Lawson]] of Boston, US, was in distress off [[Annet, Isles of Scilly|Annet]]. The St Agnes Lifeboat put William Thomas Hicks on board to act as pilot. But the schooner foundered at Minmanueth and he was lost together with fifteen of the vessel's crew. His son, Frederick Charles Hicks, put off with seven other men in the gig 'Slippen' which rescued the schooner's captain and engineer form Hellweather rock.
Frederick Charles Hicks was awarded the [[Awards of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution#Medal of the RNLI|RNLI Silver Medal for bravery]], when swimming from a gig to save the captain of the [[Thomas W. Lawson (ship)|Thomas W Lawson]]. The United States government gave him a gold watch, and gold medals to all the crewe of the gig 'Slippen'.
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==Lifeboats at St Agnes==
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| 1890–1904
| 275
| ''James and Caroline''
| {{nowrap|[[Peake-class lifeboat|Self-righting]]}}
| {{cvt|31|ft|1|in|m}} lifeboat. Later saw service at {{lbs|Upgang}} and {{lbs|Criccieth}}.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leonard |first1=Richie |last2=Denton |first2=Tony |title=Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024|date=2024 |publisher=Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society |pages=12–13}}</ref>
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| 1904–1909
| 516
| ''{{Nowrap|Charles Deere James}}''
| [[Liverpool-class P&S lifeboat|Liverpool]]
| Built by the [[Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company]]. {{cvt|38|ft|m}} long and {{cvt|10|ft|m}} broad with 10 oars, was fitted with two drop keels and two water ballast tanks.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Lifeboat for Scilly |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000331/19040804/043/0007 |newspaper=Cornishman |location=Truro |date=4 August 1904 |access-date=28 September 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>{{sfn|Leonard |Denton|2024|pp=22–23}}
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| 1909–1920
| 590
| ''Charles Deere James''
| {{lbb|Watson}}
| Built by the [[Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company]]. {{cvt|38|ft|m}} long and {{cvt|9.33|ft|m}} broad with 10 oars and fitted with a drop keel.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=New Lifeboat for Scilly |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000331/19090729/107/0007 |newspaper=Cornishman |location=Truro |date=29 July 1909 |access-date=28 September 2015|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>{{sfn|Leonard |Denton|2024|pp=26–27}}
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==References==
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