StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Lifeboat Station

On a previous visit this was surrounded by scaffolding etc. possibly to do with improvements to the facilities. Even now, it feels like half the beach is on the pathways ...

Information boards about the RNLI, Aberystwyth lifeboat station history [?] and the two ILB currently on station. i) Atlantic 85 [RIB] B-937 "Florence & Ernest Bowles" allocated from 2023. and for even closer inshore work the second boat ii) Arancia [small inflatable] A-78 "Wren" based here since 2012 - this type are normally allocated to RNLI lifeguards, and a small number have been modified / built for work as a lifeboat. There is another at Criccieth.

Aberystwyth Lifeboat Station, which houses B-937 "Florence & Ernest Bowles" an Atlantic 85 RIB, on station since 2023. The second lifeboat is an Arancia [small inflatble] A-78 "Wren" which has been here since 2012 and used mainly closer inshore. The launching slipway is behind the camera. more info ... rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/aberystwyth-lifeboat-station

This is the 1900 Lifeboat Station [?on the site of the 1860 lifeboat house?], refurbished and updated in 1991. Behind me and to the left, these yellow box markings lead to the lifeboat launching slipway [currently - Oct/Nov 2023 to early 2024 - under reconstruction, so the RNLI are using the slipway by the Harbourmaster's Office - good luck with that, the approach route had got two builder's vans in it at the time I took this image !] A little to my right behind me and you'll find the RNLI shop. From 1967 to 2013, the ILB here was "Blue Peter III" ... there were five of these ILBs, and collectively they were used to rescue 277 people. Since 1860, when the station was first established, three RNLI Gallantry awards and three GOLD Blue Peter Badges have been awarded to crew members. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Berwick_Lifeboat_Station

Flagpole marks the location of the RNLI station at Tynemouth. Station all-weather boat is a Severn ON1263 "Osier" kept afloat at the quay. [the previous boat was ON1242 "Spirit of Northumberland" which was withdrawn in March 2021 for a extensive refit, allowing entry to the life extension programme] Also on station since November 2018 is a "D" class inshore / inflatable [ D-829 ] "Little Susie" rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/tynemouth-lifeboat-station

The 'new' alb house at Scarborough, with the quarters for ilb to the right. Note, they have the same type of vent/panels in the lower part of the doors as the previous building. It was blowing a houlie plus thunderstorm & lightning - we was eating fish & chips as an evening meal after a day out !

The view from the carpark, brutalist containers are a fairly recent addition, preventing a view of the nearby rocks. The light grey "shed" is actually Seahouses Lifeboat station. [closed to visitors because of Covid]

Finally found our way over to Douglas Lifeboat Station - it is on the far side, nearly in the oil terminal and away from the main buildings, marina & ferry terminal. One of five RNLI stations on the Isle Of Man. The boathouse had a slipway launched "Tyne" Class All Weather Boat between 1988 & 2018 named after Sir William Hillary [47-032]. This was replaced by the Mersey "Marine Engineer" [12-12] in 2018, which had previously been based at Bridlington.

Looking from the coble park, past the Lifeboat Station to the Newbiggin Maritime Heritage Centre on Church Point in the distance.