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Port Erin Lifeboat Station

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Situated in a fishing village, Port Erin Lifeboat Station is one of five on the Isle of Man and has been operating for over 120 years. 

This station is classed as a Discover station. ​Our crews from Discover stations are equally welcoming to visitors but many of these stations were built before visitors were considered. These stations normally open their boathouse doors during the summer months. 

 

Recent launches from this station

Date Time
12/08/2012 17:07
10/08/2012 20:44
30/06/2012 11:42
02/06/2012 21:36
01/09/2011 14:32
12/08/2011 19:10
01/08/2011 17:02
26/07/2011 22:19
24/07/2011 16:57
15/06/2011 07:57

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Station address:

Port Erin Lifeboat Station
Breakwater Road
Port Erin
Isle of Man
British Isles

Station telephone:

01624 832154

Station opening times:

Open daily: 10.30am–4pm or by request
Don't miss: crew training on Sunday mornings

Accessibility:

Parking, disabled parking, disabled access

Visitor contact:

Chris Burton

Visitor contact telephone:

07624 496057

Shop opening times:

​All our shops are run by volunteers who take great pride in keeping them open whenever possible, if you are planning a special trip to visit this shop it may be best to call ahead to check the opening times. 

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.

  • Port Erin RNLI volunteers offer assistance to diver

    Port Erin RNLI volunteers offer assistance to diver

  • RNLI Port Erin lifeboat day raises £4,000

    RNLI Port Erin lifeboat day raises £4,000

  • Port Erin RNLI lifeboat rescues two from stricken yacht in heavy seas

    Port Erin RNLI lifeboat rescues two from stricken yacht in heavy seas

  • Two Isle of Man lifeboat stations come together for thanksgiving church service

    Two Isle of Man lifeboat stations come together for thanksgiving church service

  • Port Erin RNLI volunteer takes the plunge at The Lifeboat College

    Port Erin RNLI volunteer takes the plunge at The Lifeboat College

  • Long service award for Port Erin RNLI volunteer

    Long service award for Port Erin RNLI volunteer

  • Port Erin RNLI benefits from £1,500 donation

    Port Erin RNLI benefits from £1,500 donation

  • Putting his best foot forward for the RNLI on the Isle of Man

    Putting his best foot forward for the RNLI on the Isle of Man

  • Wind and rain results in fewer launches for Manx RNLI lifeboat crews

    Peel RNLI all-weather lifeboat Ruby Clery

  • Port Erin RNLI Lifeboat Day a huge success

    Port Erin crewmember with collection bucket beside Avago model boating pool

  • Port Erin RNLI lifeboat aids in coastal search

    Port Erin Atlantic 85 lifeboat

  • Port Erin Shop

    Port Erin Shop

  • Published via news release: RNLI says Run for us in the Great South Run

    The RNLI charity tent welcomes you

  • Port Erin RNLI volunteers offer assistance to diver

    Port Erin RNLI volunteers offer assistance to diver

  • RNLI Port Erin lifeboat day raises £4,000

    RNLI Port Erin lifeboat day raises £4,000

  • Port Erin RNLI lifeboat rescues two from stricken yacht in heavy seas

    Port Erin RNLI lifeboat rescues two from stricken yacht in heavy seas

  • Two Isle of Man lifeboat stations come together for thanksgiving church service

    Two Isle of Man lifeboat stations come together for thanksgiving church service

  • Port Erin RNLI volunteer takes the plunge at The Lifeboat College

    Port Erin RNLI volunteer takes the plunge at The Lifeboat College

  • Long service award for Port Erin RNLI volunteer

    Long service award for Port Erin RNLI volunteer

  • Port Erin RNLI benefits from £1,500 donation

    Port Erin RNLI benefits from £1,500 donation

  • Putting his best foot forward for the RNLI on the Isle of Man

    Putting his best foot forward for the RNLI on the Isle of Man

  • Wind and rain results in fewer launches for Manx RNLI lifeboat crews

    Peel RNLI all-weather lifeboat Ruby Clery

  • Port Erin RNLI Lifeboat Day a huge success

    Port Erin crewmember with collection bucket beside Avago model boating pool

  • Port Erin RNLI lifeboat aids in coastal search

    Port Erin Atlantic 85 lifeboat

  • Port Erin Shop

    Port Erin Shop

  • Published via news release: RNLI says Run for us in the Great South Run

    The RNLI charity tent welcomes you

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Lifeboat name: 
Muriel and Leslie

Lifeboat class: B class (Atlantic 85)

Read more about the B class

Station established by the Institution in 1883 at the request of local residents.

1884
Lifeboat house constructed at a cost of £250.

1900
Slipway constructed at approximate cost of £1,000.

1902
Gas service provided to lifeboat house.

1925
New boathouse and slipway built.

1970
Bronze Medal awarded to Coxswain Maddrell BEM and an additional £5 monetary award to the coxswain and six remaining crew members for their service to the coaster Moonlight which foundered off Bradds Head in a south south-westerly gale, very rough sea and poor visibility on 9 September 1970.  The Peel lifeboat also took part in this service in which two men were rescued.

1978
The Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum accorded to Coxswain Peter Woodworth in recognition of the determination and seamanship displayed by him when the lifeboat under his command rescued by breeches buoy three skin-divers who had become trapped at the base of a 700ft cliff one mile north of Fleshwick Bay in a strong to gale force south-south-westerly wind and a rough sea on 28 March.

1983
Centenary Vellum awarded to station.

1992
All-Weather lifeboat withdrawn on 22 June and station temporarily closed due to modifications to the slipway, the manufacture of a new launching trolley and new lifting beam for the stations Atlantic 21 lifeboat.

Station re-opened on 24 July with the placing on service of an Atlantic 21 lifeboat.

1993
The 37ft Rother class lifeboat Osman Gabriel, stationed at Port Erin from 1973 until June 1992 was sold to the Estonian Lifeboat Service (Eesti Vetelpaasteuhingu).  Funding was inevitably difficult and the British Embassy in Tallin was approached for assistance.  As a result, the Foreign Office agreed to the ambassador's recommendations that funds would be made available to buy the lifeboat from the RNLI.  The lifeboat joins five rescue cruisers which are already part of the Estonian's lifeboat service fleet.

1996
Two-storey extension to the boathouse constructed.  Facilities include a souvenir sales outlet, an office and improved crew facilities.

2001
His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, President of the Institution visited the station on 30 October accompanies by the Chairman of the Institution Mr Peter Nicholson and the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor Air Marshal Ian MacFadyen CB,OBE.

2006
Slipway and boathouse adaptation completed in June at a cost of £304,408.

The new class of lifeboat Atlantic 85 B-813 Muriel and Leslie was placed on service on Wednesday 1 November.  This lifeboat was funded from the generous bequest of Mr Leslie Hartle.  Lifeboat B-594 has been withdrawn to Cowes. 

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