Bembridge lifeboats

Alfred Albert Williams Tamar class ALB

The Tamar class lifeboat is an all-weather lifeboat designed to be launched by slipway. First introduced in 2005, there are 23 lifeboat stations that currently have a Tamar on service. 

Alfred Albert Williams was the 17th boat built and was deployed to Bembridge in late September 2010, before being declared operational in early October. As with all Tamar class lifeboats, it is fitted with an integrated electronic Systems and Information Management System (SIMS) so that the crew can monitor, operate and control many of the boat’s systems directly from their shock-mitigating seats – which improves their safety. In 2012, it was fitted with a standalone AIS (Automated Information System).