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Mudeford Lifeboat Station [1] is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Mudeford, Christchurch, Dorset in England. The first lifeboat was stationed on Mudeford Quay 1963 and the present station was opened in 2003.
An all-weather lifeboat station with a slipway for launching. Inshore lifeboat station, which uses a carriage to launch lifeboats. Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) stations are the bases for the RNLI's fleet of search and rescue lifeboats that cover the coastal waters around the entire British Isles, as well as major inland waterways.
[13] 1988–1999 1138 47-025 Lord Saltoun: Tyne: 1988 Sold in 2012 for use as a work boat. Reported to be at Carrickfergus in 2021. [14] 1999–2004 1098 52–28 Sir Max Aitken II: Arun: 1984 Originally stationed at Stornoway. Withdrawn in 2005 and sold for further use as a lifeboat in China. [15] 2004–2006 1149 52–43 The Queen Mother: Arun ...
It is based on a Camarc Pilot vessel design, and was designed by RNLI engineers, with a fibre-reinforced composite hull, powered by twin water jets. It had a top speed of approximately 30 knots (55 km/h; 35 mph), but was planned to be rated down to 25–27 knots (46–50 km/h; 29–31 mph) when the final design was put into production.
Invergordon Lifeboat Station is located on Shore Road, in Invergordon, Easter Ross, a port town situated on the Cromarty Firth, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) from the open water of the North Sea, formerly in Ross and Cromarty, now in the administrative region of Highland.
Cromer Lifeboat station is one of the most famous of the lifeboat stations operated by the RNLI. [3] There has been a lifeboat service operated from Cromer for two centuries – predating the establishment of the RNLI. The volunteer crews at Cromer have gained a record of gallantry stretching back to the beginnings of the RNLI.
This lifeboat was stationed at Walton until August 1993 and during her service there she launched on service 186 times, saving 40 lives. [14] In 1993, the second prototype Tyne-class lifeboat Sam and Joan Woods (ON 1075), built in 1982, was allocated to the station after spending nine years in the RNLI Relief Fleet.
Blyth Lifeboat Station is located at the Port and seaside town of Blyth, in the south east corner of the county of Northumberland, approx. 13 miles (21 km) north of Newcastle upon Tyne. A lifeboat was first stationed here by the Ridley Estate Trust in 1908, but operated for only two years.