Eyemouth Lifeboat Station is a

Royal National Lifeboat Institution The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest charity that saves lives at sea around the coasts of the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, as well as on some inland waterways. It i ...

(RNLI) marine-rescue facility in

Eyemouth Eyemouth ( sco, Heymooth) is a small town and civil parish in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is east of the main north–south A1 road and north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. The town's name comes from its location at th ...

Berwickshire Berwickshire ( gd, Siorrachd Bhearaig) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. Berwickshire County Council existed from 1890 until 1975, when the area became part of th ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

. The station was founded in 1876 to protect local fisherman during periods of poor weather conditions. The original lifeboat house in the town cost £500 to build. This was replaced in 1908 with a new boathouse, with new facilities completed in 1992, and extended in 2010 at a cost of over £200,000. The station's lifeboat has been placed in the town's harbour afloat since the 1960s with a pontoon berth most recently been added in 2008. The station currently has the ''RNLB Helen Hastings'' all weather

Shannon-class lifeboat The Shannon-class lifeboat (previously FCB2 – Fast Carriage Boat 2) is the latest class of lifeboat currently being deployed to the RNLI fleet to serve the shores of the British Isles. The Shannon class is due to replace the Mersey class carr ...

and ''Sheila'' inshore in service. The station has received two RNLI medals of recognition, one silver in 1991 and a bronze from 1917.

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External links

RNLI station page

Local History Site with pictures of old Lifeboats and Lifeboat men

Facebook page with updates from the current crew and staff
Lifeboat stations in Scotland Eyemouth