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The first recorded independent lifeboat service was established in 1776 at Formby, 7 miles south of Southport, where there is still an independent lifeboat service (see table). [5] Many early lifeboat stations were taken under the wing of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution after its foundation in 1824 and throughout the 19th and 20th ...
Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250. More on this story. Couple 'on target' to visit every lifeboat station. Couple's challenge to visit every lifeboat ...
A British-Canadian couple who were attempting to sail across the Atlantic have been found dead on an island off the east coast of Canada.. Brett Clibbery, 70, and his wife, Sarah Packwood, 60, had ...
Mike Picknett, lifeboat operations manager at Redcar RNLI, said of the Christmas Eve incident: "Part of our lifeboat crew's training includes casualty care where they are taught how to carry out CPR.
Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS) is a volunteer-operated independent lifeboat charity based in Gosport, Hampshire, England. [1] It operates free lifeboat services from its station in Alverstoke covering the stretch of the Solent from Portsmouth Harbour to Titchfield Haven.
With the opening of a charity shop in Birkdale in 2005, the Southport Lifeboat have been able to continually update the kit available for the crew.. The Heather White's engine's were upgraded from twin 135 hp (101 kW) to twin 150 hp (110 kW) outboards, and are now continually replaced after three years of service.
RNLI Staithes and Runswick Lifeboat Station. More on this story. RNLI mark 200th anniversary with Minster service. Lifeboat crew celebrates 200th anniversary. Statue unveiled to mark 200 years of RNLI
Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service, or Caister Lifeboat, is based at Caister-on-Sea in Norfolk, and operates one of only three offshore lifeboats in the UK that are independent of the RNLI. [1] [2] A lifeboat at Caister was first documented in 1791, being used by the Caister Beach Company to salvage ships wrecked on the sand banks offshore from ...