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Your Launch a Memory Anstruther updates
Thank you for remembering your loved one by adding their name to the Anstruther lifeboat. Welcome to your updates page, where you can keep track of the lifeboat’s progress.
Anstruther Lifeboat Visits
We’re delighted to let you know there are now opportunities to book a free slot to come and see our Shannon Class Launch a Memory lifeboat. Tours will be running one weekend per month up until March 2025, and are led by our own dedicated visits team who will take you on a guided tour and help provide some great photo opportunities.
Please note that the boat sits on the Shannon Launch and Recovery System (SLARS) in the compound next to the station, so you will not be able to get right up close to your loved one's name – but we do have a decal replica where you can see names up close.
Book your slot at our dedicated Eventbrite page.
Visit bookings are subject to availability, and when slots are sold out - please keep your eyes peeled back on this page for further dates.
We are an operational lifeboat station and, although we look forward to welcoming you, our crew and boats may be called out at any time of day or night. In the event of such an emergency, we trust you will understand your tour may be delayed, altered, or cancelled, at short notice. If there are any queries about scheduled visits or any other visit opportunities, please email [email protected].
Your Launch a Memory lifeboat is home!
On 14 April 2024, we welcomed home our very special Shannon class lifeboat 13-47 Robert and Catherine Steen to Anstruther where it will now serve one of the UK’s busiest waterways. Alongside an emotional welcome from volunteers and the local supporters, Anstruther was flanked by lifeboats from Dunbar, Broughty Ferry and Kinghorn on this harmonious occasion. The whole event was live streamed via the station's Facebook page, where you can also follow all the latest news and Lifeboat updates.
Launch a Memory event
We were absolutely thrilled to have the privilege of hosting many of you at the All-weather Lifeboat Centre in Poole, Dorset, to catch a glimpse of the incredible Anstruther lifeboat. The event weekend on 23-24 September 2023 was a joyous occasion, and we felt truly honoured to meet so many of you and listen to the heart-warming stories you shared.
If you couldn't make it to the event, don't worry! We made sure to capture all the excitement in a short video. It's a delightful recap of the unforgettable moments we experienced together.
Your Anstruther retail range
We’ve developed a range of high-quality, affordable mementos that are available to purchase now, so that you can keep your loved one’s memory next to you, as well as on the lifeboat beside the Anstruther crews when they launch to save lives at sea.
In 2023 we rang the bell for Anstruther’s new Shannon
On the 4th July 2023 the RNLI celebrated the completion of the Shannon class lifeboat. RNLB Robert and Catherine Steen, as she will be known.
Watch a video of the bell-ringing ceremony for this special lifeboat at the All-weather Lifeboat Centre in Poole.
Help fund Anstruther's new station
Anstruther is home to one of the UK’s busiest waterways. Your kindness today can give people the best chance of survival by helping to fund a new, purpose-built lifeboat station that will boost lifesaving for generations to come.
Volunteer crews have been rescuing people off the east coast of Fife since 1865. They have launched well over 1,000 times, and saved more than 250 lives. Today they urgently need a new, purpose-built station with modern facilities for casualties, crew and craft.
By helping to fund this new station, you’ll be standing with the crew and making a lifesaving difference.
Get the most from Launch a Memory
Forever by the Sea is an online space for you to share treasured stories and photos of your loved one with family and friends. If you want to, you can also use it to help raise funds for the RNLI in their memory.
Share your memories and raise funds
Many people have shared heart-warming stories about why they chose to include the name of someone they miss on the lifeboat – as well as celebrating their or their loved one’s connection to the RNLI.
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On this virtual tour, you can explore the engine room, wander around the wheelhouse and even travel to the upper deck to take the wheel, and guide your crew from the lookout.
Take your tour today