Stronsay's Lifeboats

Stronsay's Lifeboat Slipway

Stronsay's First Lifeboat: the John Ryburn

Stronsay native Ian Cooper has written a three-part article on the history of Stronsay's first lifeboat which was first printed in the Stronsay Limpet and then in the Orkney News. They can be found by clicking the following buttons:

Stronsay's First Lifeboat: John Ryburn, Part 1

Stronsay's First Lifeboat: John Ryburn, Part 2

Stronsay's First Lifeboat: John Ryburn, Part 3

Stronsay's Lifeboat Edward Z. Dresden and the Longhope Lifeboat Tragedy (18 March 1959)

Stronsay native Bill Miller's account of the role played by the Stronsay Lifeboat in the Longhope Lifeboat Tragedy was published in the Stronsay Limpet May 2019 (pp. 15-17) and can be read here:

Stronsay Lifeboat and the Longhope Lifeboat Tragedy

The John Gellatly Hyndman

The document archive of the Stronsay Heritage Centre includes the programme for the naming ceremony for Stronsay's third lifeboat, the John Gellatly Hyndman, in 1955

The RNLI's Lifeboat Magazine's archive provides a list of the call-outs attended by Stronsay's lifeboats:

Call-Outs for the Edward Z. Dresden and John Gellatly Hyndman

Stronsay's Lifeboats