Lowestoft Lifeboat Station is a
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) operated lifeboat station in the town of
Lowestoft in the English county of
Suffolk. The station is located at the mouth of
Lowestoft's outer harbour on the South pier. It is one of the oldest lifeboat stations in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
, having been established in 1801.
[Lowestoft Lifeboat Station]
Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
History
The station was established in 1801, when a lifeboat built by
Henry Greathead began operating from the town. In 1807 the station became the first to operate a sailing lifeboat, the ''Frances Anne'', which operated until 1850 and saved over 300 lives.
The RNLI took control of the station in 1855.
A second station operated in the town between 1870 and 1912, whilst the
, an inshore station, operated at
Oulton Broad
Oulton Broad refers to both the lake and the suburb of Lowestoft in the English county of Suffolk.
The suburb is located west of the centre of Lowestoft. It became a civil parish in 2017. It had an estimated population of 10,338 at the 2011 Uni ...
between 2001 and 2011.
[RNLI closes South Broads lifeboat station at Oulton Broad]
BBC news website, 2011-11-15. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
Crews from Lowestoft have received 45 awards for gallantry, including 39 medals. The
RNLI Gold Medal has been awarded twice. The first award was to Lieutenant R B Matthews RN in October 1827. Coxswain John Swan was the second recipient, for his actions during the rescue of the crew of the merchant ship , wrecked on
North Scroby Sands in October 1922.
The lifeboat ''Michael Stephens'' took part in the
Dunkirk evacuation in 1940.
Fleet
References
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Lowestoft
Lifeboat stations in Suffolk