Use our online tool to find the precise location of your loved one’s name in the letters and numbers of the Anstruther lifeboat.
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Anstruther Lifeboat Station tours
Our volunteer Visits Team at Anstruther are delighted to offer pre-bookable guided station tours, so you can see your Launch a Memory lifeboat. Anstruther is a busy working lifeboat station, crewed by volunteers. We kindly ask you to book a tour via our Eventbrite page if you wish to see the lifeboat, before turning up to the station. If you’ve planned a trip to the area outside of the pre-bookable tour dates, email our visits officer at [email protected] to discuss booking a private tour.
The lifeboat sits on the Shannon Launch and Recovery System in the compound next to the station. While you won’t be able to get up close to the lifeboat, we have a full-size decal replica where you can see your loved one’s name up close.
A huge thanks to our supporters
In 2025, Anstruther Lifeboat Station’s Visits Team welcomed more than 1,700 supporters. Although the lifeboat station tours are free, they’re only possible thanks to kind donations, and every item purchased from the station shop. In addition to the station visits, many more supporters attended the yearly Brunch with Santa, or visited RNLI stalls during the Harbour Festival. Every time your Launch a Memory lifeboat Robert and Catherine Steen launches, it’s thanks to people like you and your loved one.
Anstruther mementos
This special range of Launch a Memory mementos for your Anstruther lifeboat are available from the online RNLI Shop. Whether you buy a souvenir to treasure or give one as a gift, these mementos act as a constant reminder that your loved one is beside the Anstruther lifeboat crew every time they launch.
When purchasing a memento from our shop, don't forget to check the box marked 'YES – email me with news and offers' to make sure you keep hearing from us!
Previous updates
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Work begins on new lifeboat station
Construction has begun on the new home for your Launch a Memory lifeboat. Work started with enabling works around the current lifeboat station and the new location. The next stage saw construction begin on the launch ramp and adapting the sea wall, to ensure a quick and safe launch area for your lifeboat.
RNLI Operations Lead, Stuart Gudgeon says: ‘It will be a significant new landmark in the town and will vastly improve the way our crew are able to operate, providing a permanent home for Anstruther’s Shannon class all-weather lifeboat.’
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Launch to exhausted sailor
Your Launch a Memory lifeboat took part in a night-time rescue in June after being called to help a stricken yacht. Launching at 11.45pm, the lifeboat crew located the casualty just before midnight.
They arrived to find an exhausted sailor onboard the yacht, which had suffered an engine failure. The lifeboat crew transferred a volunteer across to the casualty vessel, where it was quickly decided that the best option would be to tow the yacht back to Anstruther harbour. A towline was quickly secured and your lifeboat pulled the yacht back home.
‘This rescue enabled the volunteer crew to conduct its first real-time tow for your lifeboat,’ says Michael Bruce, Coxswain. 'To have to execute it in the dark added a degree of difficulty, which was only made possible by the regular training undertaken by the crew.’
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Anstruther Lifeboat Station Facebook page
Your Launch a Memory lifeboat is home!
On 14 April 2024, Anstruther volunteers welcomed home their very special Shannon class lifeboat 13-47 Robert and Catherine Steen where it will now serve one of the UK’s busiest waterways. Alongside an emotional welcome from volunteers and 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.
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Get the most from Launch A Memory
You can now buy a lifesaving printed keepsake to commemorate the special person you’ve remembered or celebrated on the Anstruther Shannon class lifeboat.
Design-wise, you can choose the individual letter or number that your loved one’s name is in or the full lifeboat decal.
Browse the collection
Many people have shared heart-warming stories about why they chose to include the name of someone they miss on the Anstruther lifeboat - as well as celebrating their or their loved one’s connection to the RNLI.
Add a dedication
An RNLI Forever by the Sea tribute fund 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