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unusual facts about lifeboat station



Lifeboatman's helmet

The sort described here is currently (7 September 2008) in use at Southport lifeboat station in England.


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Cromer Lifeboat Station

The current lifeboat station on the end of Cromer pier was re-built between 1997–1999 to replace the smaller 1923 one which was re-located to Southwold in Suffolk where it is used as a lifeboat museum.

Fowey Lifeboat Station

In August 1928 the boat was declared unfit for service and so a Watson Class motor lifeboat that was intended for Thurso Lifeboat Station, the H.C.J., was stationed at Fowey for a few months until Fowey's own boat, the C.D.E.C., arrived in December.

Hunstanton Lifeboat Station

The lifeboat, its transporting carriage and all the stores for the new lifeboat station were transported to Hunstanton on the train with the expense being absorbed by the Great Eastern Railway Company, this being a standard practice by this company during this time period.

Margate Lifeboat Station

The first lifeboat station in Margate was served by a lifeboat called Hannah and Angela which had been given to the town in 1857 by Miss Burdett Coutts.

Sail bogey

In the early days of the Teesmouth lifeboat, its crew were sometimes able, subject to wind conditions, to travel out to the lifeboat station at South Gare on a sail bogey.

Sheringham Lifeboat Station

Sheringham Lifeboat Station is an RNLI operated lifeboat station located in the town of Sheringham in the English county of Norfolk.

West Mersea

In July 1963, the lifeboat station was established next to the West Mersea Yacht Club, one of the first ten inshore lifeboat stations in the British Isles.