[3] The Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (RNIPLS), later to become the RNLI in 1854, would award medals for deeds of gallantry at sea, even if no lifeboats were involved.

It was quickly decided that a larger boat was required for Sligo Bay, and the relief B-class (Atlantic 21) Spix’s Macaw (B-525) arrived on station on 12 March 1999, and was kept on a mooring off Oyster Island.

[4][6] With the new boathouse now completed, Sligo Bay would receive the new, slightly larger, B-class (Atlantic 75) Inshore lifeboat on 26 February 2002.

[1][2][7] In November 2015, Elsinore was transferred to Lough Derg, and Sligo Bay would receive a new B-class (Atlantic 85).

The lifeboat was funded from the legacy of Sheila and Dennis Tongue, both native of Birmingham, but latterly of Exmouth, Devon, where they came to appreciate the work of the RNLI.