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Lymington Lifeboat Station

Lymington Lifeboat Station

For 40 years an inshore lifeboat at Lymington has covered an area of the western Solent. Six awards have been presented to members of the lifeboat crew for gallantry.

​This station is classed as an Observe station. Observe stations also welcome visitors but many are in inaccessible places and best suited to maritime rescue rather than visits. However, they are situated in stunning locations so why not enjoy the local area, using the station as a starting point?

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Recent launches from this station

Date Time
11/03/2013 18:38
06/01/2013 22:51
22/10/2012 17:43
17/08/2012 04:13
09/08/2012 16:45
05/08/2012 17:09
25/07/2012 22:21
24/07/2012 10:53
24/07/2012 10:50
15/07/2012 21:43

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Station address:

Lymington Lifeboat Station
Bath Road
Lymington
SO41 3SE

Station telephone:

01590 675894

Station opening times:

7pm–9pm Monday or by appointment

Accessibility:

Parking, disabled parking

Visitor contact:

Michael Webb

Visitor contact telephone:

01590 676404

Shop opening times:

January–May
Wednesday–Sunday
12pm–4pm

June–August
Wednesday–Sunday
12pm–5pm

September–December
Wednesday–Sunday
12pm–4pm

 

Appledore ILB crew members. Left to right, Martin Davis, Gary Stanbury and Andrew HalletSpecific crew member details for this lifeboat station are not available here at the moment.

More than 4,800 lifeboat crew members around the UK and RoI drop everything when their pagers go off, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Only 1 in 10 crew members has a professional maritime occupation. Men and women of all ages and all walks of life crew the RNLI lifeboats around our coasts and waterways.

 


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Lifeboat name:
Victor 'Danny' Lovelock

Lifeboat class: B class

Read more about the D class

 

 

 

1965
Inshore lifeboat station established with a D class lifeboat in May.

1973
The D class lifeboat withdrawn and replaced by an Atlantic 21 in August.

1978
A purpose-built boathouse constructed.

1981
Bronze Medal awarded to Helmsman Alan Coster in recognition of his courage, determination and seamanship when he took the lifeboat to a distance of approximately 20 yards from the motor fishing vessel Al Mor which was sinking at the entrance to Lymington river in a southerly gale and rough sea and having swum to the fishing vessel, led her crew of two over the marshes for half a mile to rendezvous with the lifeboat resulting in the rescue of two lives on 17 December 1980.

1988
A framed Chairman's letter of thanks awarded to Helmsman Alan Coster and crew member Michael Crowe in recognition of the service on 29 May, when a 28 foot Contessa class yacht was in difficulties off the south west area of the Shingles Bank, whilst on passage between Poole and Chichester.  Crew member Nicholas Hayward and the helicopter crew also involved in this service received letters of appreciation signed by the Director.

1991
A first floor extension to the boathouse was recently completed to provide improved crew facilities and a souvenir sales outlet.

2002
The Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum accorded to Helmsman Nicolas Hayward for saving the crew of three and the yacht Piciess on 9 September 2002.  The Atlantic class lifeboat was operating at the very limit of her capabilities in a Force 8/9 Gale, torrential rain and very rough seas.  His three crew members: Barry Down, Robin Mursell and Austin Honeysett each received A Framed Letter of Thanks signed by the Chairman of the Institution.

2006
New inshore lifeboathouse completed on 6 July at a cost of £678,284.

2012
Following the visit on Wednesday 9 November 2011 by the Coast Review delegation, led by Rear Admiral John Tolhurst, it was agreed by the Operations Committee on 21 March 2012 and resolved by the Trustee Board at their meeting on 4 April 2012 that there be no change to the lifeboat cover provided by Lymington Lifeboat Station. 

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