Editing St Ives, Cornwall (section)

===Lifeboat===
{{Main|St Ives Lifeboat Station}}
[[File:St Ives Lifeboat Station viewed across the harbour.jpg|thumb|Lifeboat station in the harbour]]
The first [[Lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]] was stationed in the town in 1840.<ref name="RNLI" /> In 1867 the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] (RNLI) built a boathouse at Porthgwidden beach. It proved to be a difficult site to launch from, and in 1867 it was replaced by a building in Fore Street. In 1911 a new boathouse was built on the Quay, and then in 1993 a larger station was built at the landward end of the West Pier.<ref>{{cite book |last= Leach |first= Nicholas |title= Cornwall's Lifeboat Heritage |orig-year= 2000 |year= 2006 |publisher= Twelveheads Press |location= Chacewater |isbn= 978-0-906294-43-7 |page= 45 }}</ref> Since its inception in 1839, thirty eight [[Awards of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution#Medal of the RNLI|RNLI medals]] have been awarded to rescuers from St Ives, 18 silver medals and 20 bronze.<ref name="RNLI" />

Seven crewmen died in the St Ives lifeboat tragedy of 1939.<ref name="RNLI">{{cite web |title=St Ives: station history |url=https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/st-ives-lifeboat-station/station-history-st-ives |website=RNLI |access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref> In the early hours of 23 January 1939 there was a [[Beaufort scale|Force 10]] storm blowing with gusts up to {{Convert|100|mph|km/h}}. The lifeboat ''John and Sara Eliza Stych'' was launched at 3 o'clock to search for a ship reported in trouble off [[Cape Cornwall]]. It rounded the Island where it met the full force of the storm as it headed westwards. It capsized three times and drifted across St Ives Bay when its propeller was fouled. The first time it turned over four men were lost; the second time one more; the third time left only one man alive.<ref name="RNLI" /> He scrambled ashore when the boat was wrecked on rocks near [[Godrevy]] Point.<ref name=Bray>{{cite book |last= Bray |first= Lena |author2=Bray, Donald |title= St Ives Heritage |edition= 2nd |orig-year= 1981 |year= 1992 |publisher= Landfall Publications |location= Devoran |isbn= 978-1-873443-06-4 |pages= 24–27 }}</ref>