Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station is an

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station located in the town of

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in the English county of

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.''OS Explorer Map 231 – Southwold & Bungay''. . the lifeboat station evolved from the Suffolk Shipwreck Association station in 1851 which was originally in

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and there has been a lifeboat here since that date. The present station has two boats on station. These are the lifeboat and the Inshore lifeboat . The station covers the coast between

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station to the south, and

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station to the North.

New boathouse

The current lifeboat station was built in 1994 to replace a smaller older one on the same site. The new station gave cover for the first time to the boat and Talus MB-H tractor. Incorporated into the design there is a public viewing platform. The station has showers and toilet facilities for the crew and a heated store for their foul weather suits. There are also further equipment storage rooms. This new boathouse was built using part of the bequest of Mrs Eugenie Boucher who had died in 1992.

Fleet

Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station currently operates two lifeboats. The All weather Lifeboat is a lifeboat and is called the ''Freddie Cooper'' (ON 1193) and has been on station since November 1993. The lifeboat is 38 feet long and is self-righting. She is powered by two 285 hp turbo charged Caterpillar 3208T diesel engines and she has a range of 140 nautical miles. These two engines push the boat through the water to a top speed of 16 knots. Fully laden she weighs 13 tons and she is operated by a volunteer crew of six. The Lifeboat has a capacity to rescue 43 survivors (self-righting up to 21). She was purchased using a bequest to the RNLI from the late Mrs Winifred Cooper in memory of her husband Freddie.

Headquarters originally announced in 2016 that

Lifeboat Station would be getting a to replace the current boat, a . The station should have received the new boat in 2021, however this is now under review again. The inshore lifeboat ''Christine'' has been on service at Aldeburgh since April 2007. This boat was funded by the bequest of Florence Winifred Kemp in memory of her daughter. The ''Christine'' normally has a crew of three or 4 and is powered by a 50 hp outboard engine. She is capable of a top speed of 25 knots. She has the capability to be beached easily with an easy refloat and is ideal for rescues close to shore and on the sandbanks which are along the coast at Aldeburgh.

No. 1 Station

No. 2 Station

Inshore lifeboats

Gallery

File:Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station 8 April 2012.JPG, The Exterior viewing platform of the lifeboat station File:Aldeburgh Lifeboat 8 April 2012 (4).JPG, The Bow of ON 1193 Freddie Cooper File:Aldeburgh Lifeboat 8 April 2012.JPG, The Stern of the Freddie Cooper File:Aldeburgh Lifeboat 8 April 2012 (3).JPG

References

External links

Aldeburgh lifeboat official website
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