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Station Aberdeen Aberdovey Abersoch Aberystwyth Aith Aldeburgh Alderney Amble Amble Angle Anstruther Appledore Arbroath Arbroath Arklow Arran Arranmore Atlantic College Ballycotton Ballyglass Baltimore Bangor Barmouth Barra Island Barrow Barry Dock Beaumaris Bembridge Berwick-upon-Tweed Blackpool Blyth Borth Bridlington Brighton Broughty Ferry Buckle Bude Bundoran Burnham-on-Crouch Burry Port Calshot Campbeltown Cardigan Clacton-on-Sea Cleethorpes Clifden Clogher Head Conwy Courtmacsherry Hbr Courtown Craster Criccieth Crimdon Dene Cromer Cullercoats Donaghadee Douglas Dover Dun Laoghaire Dunbar Dungeness Dunmore East Eastbourne Exmouth Eyemouth Class Arun Inflatable Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic Arun Inflatable Mersey Waveney Waveney Inflatable Tyne Mersey Tyne Atlantic Mersey Inflatable Waveney Inflatable Tyne Atlantic Arun Arun Tyne Atlantic Mersey Inflatable Arun Tyne Inflatable Arun Atlantic Tyne Inflatable Mersey Inflatable Inflatable Waveney Inflatable Inflatable Mersey Inflatable Atlantic Arun Inflatable Arun Inflatable Inflatable Inflatable Brede Arun Inflatable Inflatable Atlantic Inflatable Inflatable Inflatable Mersey Inflatable Waveney Inflatable Inflatable Inflatable Inflatable Tyne Inflatable Atlantic Arun Tyne Thames Inflatable Waveney Waveney Inflatable Mersey Waveney Mersey Inflatable Brede Inflatable Waveney Op No 54-05 D386 B559 B582 B590 52-030 D376 12-34 44-019 44-005 D321 47-01 1 12-17 47-027 B565 12-35 D330 44-01 1 C521 47-009 B554 52-15 52-45 47-024 B584 12-26 D374 52-41 47-014 D443 52-01 B563 47-018 D353 12-32 D429 D442 44-022 D324 D344 12-001 D426 B577 52-09 D389 52-27 D343 D335 D331 33-11 52-12 D403 C518 B579 D431 D325 C522 12-31 D346 44-006 D412 D395 C523 D337 47-006 D436 B591 52-33 47-032 50-001 D441 44-015 44-013 D397 12-27 44-014 12-36 D449 33-06 D364 44-008 Name BP Fort/es Trevor Edwin Jones Long Life III Borough of Solihull Wolverson X-Ray Snolda Freddie Cooper Louis Marches! of Round Table Margaret Graham Rose Elizabeth Lawrence The Lady Rank Kingdom of Fife George Gibson Manchester and District XXXII Inchcape Augustine Courtauld Prince of Arran William Luckin American Ambassador Hyman Winstone Mabel Williams Hilda Jarrett Youth of Ulster Moira Barrie Ann Lewis Fraser James Bibby Modeller II Arun Blue Peter II Max Aitken III Joy and Charles Beeby Edgar Law The William and Jane BBC Radio Newcastle II Peggy and Alex Caird Lords Feoffees II Graham Hillier and Tony Cater Spirit of Tayside Captain Colin Charles Brown Dorothy Way Safeway Walter and Margaret Couper City of Peterborough Institute of London Underwriters Veronica Tr/centrol II Doris Bleasdale Arthur and Blanche Harris B.P. Service Bob British Diver IV Norman Victor Hickling Ruby and Arthur Reed II Chloe Edmund and Joan White City of Belfast Sir William Hillary Rotary Service Irish Diver Lady of Lancashire Thomas James King Banks' Staff III Pride and Spirit St. Patrick Royal Thames Humphry and Nora Tollemache II Caroline Finch Clubs of the River Exe Eric Seal (Civil Service No. 36) Off No ON 1050 ON 1100 ON 1193 ON 1045 ON 1004 ON 1114 ON 1174 ON 1140 ON 1194 ON 1029 ON 1 1 1 1 ON 1067 ON 1159 ON 1137 ON 1185 ON 1143 ON 11 17 ON 1018 ON 1126 ON 1191 ON 1079 ON 1124 ON 1056 ON 1093 ON 1104 ON 1059 ON 1 1 90 ON 1005 ON 1097 ON 1107 ON 1147 ON 1031 ON 1036 ON 1034 ON 1186 ON 1035 ON 1195 ON 1088 ON 1026Station Falmouth Filey Fishguard Flamborough Fleetwood Flint Fowey Fraserburgh Galway Bay Girvan Gt Yarmouth/Gorleston Happisburgh Hartlepool Harwich Hastings Hayling Island Helensburgh Holyhead Morton &Port Eynon Howth Hoylake Humber Hunstanton llfracombe Invergordon (TSD) Islay Kilkeel Kilmore Quay Kjnghorn Kippford Kirkcudbright Kirkwall Largs Lerwick Little SBroad Haven Littlehampton Littlestone-on-Sea Llandudno Lochinver Longhope Looe Lough Swilly Lowestoft Lyme Regis Lymington Lytham St Annes Mablethorpe Macduff Mallaig Marazion Margate Minehead Moelfre Montrose Morecambe Mudeford New Brighton New Quay Newbiggin Newcastle Newhaven Newquay North Berwick North Kessock North Sunderland Class Op No Obian Padstow Peel Penarth Penlee Peterhead Plymouth Poole Port Erin Port Isaac Port St. Mary Arun Atlantic Mersey Inflatable Arun Atlantic Tyne Inflatable Inflatable Waveney Tyne Arun Mersey Waveney Atlantic Inflatable Waveney Atlantic Waveney Atlantic Mersey Inflatable Atlantic Atlantic Tyne Inflatable Inflatable Arun Inflatable Mersey Arun Atlantic Mersey Inflatable Waveney Thames Atlantic Mersey Inflatable Inflatable Atlantic Arun Atlantic Arun Inflatable Atlantic Atlantic Mersey Inflatable Arun Tyne Inflatable Inflatable Tyne Atlantic Atlantic Tyne Inflatable Inflatable Atlantic Arun Inflatable Mersey Inflatable Atlantic Inflatable Tyne Inflatable Tyne Inflatable Atlantic Atlantic Mersey Inflatable Atlantic Mersey Arun Inflatable Inflatable Inflatable Mersey Inflatable Brede Tyne Mersey Inflatable Arun Tyne Arun Brede Whaler Atlantic Inflatable Arun Inflatable 52-11 B541 12-13 D446 52-19 B515 47-038 D424 D361 44-010 47-007 52-36 12-37 44-021 B574 D327 44-018 B568 44-020 B571 12-002 D392 B548 B581 47-004 D358 D380 52-35 D379 12-005 52-37 B556 12-007 D422 44-012 50-002 B593 12-28 C514 D370 B585 52-39 B547 52-10 D347 B564 B573 12-006 D359 52-42 47-025 D405 D356 47-020 B546 B566 47-037 D360 D357 B578 52-21 D411 12-20 D400 B544 D420 47-013 D381 47-034 D440 B583 B549 12-15 D339 B553 12-29 52-32 C511 D306 D396 12-16 D377 33-10 47-003 12-22 D384 52-24 47-019 52-40 33-07 A513 B594 D366 54-06 D323 Name Off No Elizabeth Ann ON 1058 Keep Fit Association ON 1170 Holme Team Marie Winstone ON 1076 Vee Webber William Street ON 1156 City of Chester Tangent I Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse II ON 1028 City of Edinburgh ON 1109 Roy and Barbara Harding ON 1118 Silvia Burrell ON 1196 Barham ON 1065 Joseph B. Press The Scout ON 1044 Burton Brewer John Fispn ON 1060 British Diver II Sealink Endeavour ON 1125 Cecile Rampton Aldershot Andrew Mason St Cybi II (Civil Service No. 40) ON 1095 City of Dub/in ON 1113 LadyofHilbre ON 1163 Kenneth The/wall ON 1123 Spirit of America Spirit of Derbyshire ON 1165 Alec Dykes The White Rose of Yorkshire ON 1033 Helmut Schroder of Dunlossit ON 1032 Valerie Hull Mary Margaret ON 1187 41 Club II Peter and Grace Ewing Mickie Salvesen ON 1135 Independent Forester Liberty So/dian ON 1057 Blue Peter I The Lady Dart and Longlife II Andy Pearce ON 1164 41 Club I Murray Lornie ON 1144 LordSaltoun ON 1138 British Diver III Spirit of Lowestoft ON 1132 Independent Forester Benevolence Frank and Mary Atkinson Sarah Emily Harrop ON 1155 Braemar The Rotary Club of Glasgow The Davina and Charles Matthews HunterON 1078 Leonard Kent ON 1177 Tigger Catherine Plumbley Leslie. D.

Robert and Violet ON 1116 Douglas Moonbeam ON 1152 Brenda Reed Ken Derham Blenwatch Frank and Lena Clifford of Stourbridge ON 1172 Kirklees Eleanor and Bryant Girling ON 1188 Keith Anderson ON 1106 Blue Peter III Starting Point Grace Darling ON 1173 Nottinghamshire ON 1102 James Burrough ON 1094 RubyClery ON 1181 John Cresswell Mabel A/ice ON 1085 Babs and Agnes Robertson ON 1127 City of Plymouth ON 1136 Inner Wheel ON 1089 Sam and Iris Coles Albert and Edith Peter and Molly Tabor The Gough Ritchie ON 1051 Gus Station Class Op No Name Off No Port Talbot Portaferry Porthcawl Porthdinllaen Portpatrick Portree Portrush Portrush Portsmouth Pwllheli Queensferry Ramsey Ramsgate Red Bay Redcar Rhyl Rosslare Harbour Rye Harbour Salcombe Scarborough Selsey Sennen Cove Sheerness Sheringham Shoreham Harbour Silloth Skegness Skerries Southend-on-Sea Southwold St Abbs St. Agnes St. Bees St. Catherine St. Davids St. Helier St. Ives St. Mary's St. Peter Port Staithes & Runswick Stornoway Stranraer Stromness Sunderland Swanage T eesmouth Teignmouth Tenby The Lizard The Mumbles Thurso Tighnabruaich Tobermory Torbay Tramore Trearddur Bay Troon Tynemouth Valentia Walmer Walton and Frinton Wells West Kirby West Mersea Weston-super-Mare Weymouth Whitby Whitstable Wick Wicklow Withernsea Workington Yarmouth Youghal Inflatable Atlantic Inflatable Tyne Tyne Waveney Arun Inflatable Atlantic Inflatable Mersey Inflatable Atlantic Mersey Tyne Atlantic Inflatable Atlantic Inflatable Mersey Inflatable Arun Inflatable Tyne Mersey Inflatable Tyne Inflatable Mersey Waveney Inflatable Atlantic Tyne Inflatable Atlantic Mersey Inflatable Inflatable Atlantic Inflatable Inflatable Atlantic Atlantic Inflatable Inflatable Atlantic Tyne Tyne Mersey Inflatable Arun Arun Atlantic Arun Inflatable Arun Waveney Inflatable Mersey Inflatable Tyne Atlantic Tyne Inflatable Tyne Tyne Inflatable Arun Inflatable Arun Arun Inflatable Inflatable Inflatable Arun Arun Inflatable Arun Atlantic Inflatable Tyne Mersey Inflatable Inflatable Atlantic Atlantic Inflatable Arun Tyne Inflatable Atlantic Tyne Tyne Inflatable Tyne Arun Atlantic D402 B569 D390 47-015 47-033 44-016 52-16 D378 B550 D421 12-010 D372 B551 12-14 47-036 B558 C519 B580 D373 12-24 D348 52-26 C517 47-022 12-18 D434 47-001 D382 12-19 44-009 D362 B536 47-040 D351 B545 12-008 D326 D393 B567 D349 D368 B562 B572 D305 C515 B587 47-026 47-039 12-009 C516 52-18 52-02 B576 52-28 D388 52-29 44-017 D329 12-23 D406 47-008 B588 47-010 D438 47-030 47-005 D319 52-43 D345 54-07 54-03 D354 D375 D367 52-38 52-13 D385 52-23 B589 D363 47-002 12-003 D352 D332 B570 B557 D387 54-04 47-023 D369 B560 47-016 47-035 D394 47-028 52-08 B561 Warwick Blue Peter V Tiger D Hetty Rampton ON 1120 Mary Irene Millar ON 1151 Ralph and Joy Swann ON 1042 Richard Evans (Civil Service No. 39) ON 1070 City of Portsmouth Lord Raglan Lilly and Vincent Anthony ON 1168 The Lion Constance MacNay Ann and James Ritchie ON 1171 Kenneth Thelwall II ON 1154 Ramsgate Enterprise Thomas Corbett Leicester Challenge Lit Cunningham ON 1183 Banks'StaffI St Brendan ON 1092 The Baltic Exchange II ON 1130 Fanny Victoria Wilkinson and Frank Stubbs ON 1175 John Wesley Hillard City of London ON 1074 The Four Boys ON 1176 Helen Turnbull ON 1027 Kensington Rescuer Hermione Lady Colwyn ON 1158 Rotary Club of Button Amelia Gregory-Armstrong Lincolnshire Poacher ON 1166 Michel Philippe Wolvers Helen Mitchell Scrimgeour Percy Garon II Douglas Cameron The Quiver Dorothy and Kathrine Barr Blue Peter IV Jessie Eliza Garside ON 1139 Alexander Coutanche ON 1157 The Princess Royal (Civil Service No. 41) ON 1167 The Belsize Charitable Trust No. 1 Robert Edgar ON 1073 Sir William Arnold ON 1025 Ellis Sinclair Sir Max Aitken II ON 1098 Crusader The Joseph Rothwell Sykes and Hilda M. ON 1099 Wavy Line ON 1043 BBC Radio Newcastle I Robert Charles Brown ON 1182 Phyl Clare Phil Mead ON 1110 Frank and Dorothy RFA Sir Galahad ON 1112 The Stanley Taylor David Robinson ON 1145 Ethel Anne Measures ON 1096 The Queen Mother ON 1149 The City of Bradford IV ON 1052 Edward Bridges (Civil Service No. 37) ON 1037 Alfred George Martin Alice Sea Horse City of Glasgow III ON 1134 George and Olive Turner ON 1061 Margaret Frances Love ON 1082 James Burgess Sam and Joan Woods ON 1075 Doris M. Mann of Ampthill ON 1161 Jane Ann Himley Hall Weston Centenary Boto-X87 Tony Vandervell ON 1049 City of Sheffield ON 1131 British Diver Norman Salvesen ON 1121 Annie Blaker ON 1153 Banks'Staff II Sir John Fisher ON 1141 Joy and John Wade ON 1053 Marjory TurnerThe Relief Fleet The RNLI's Relief Fleet is used to replace any lifeboat which is off-station, for repair, survey or any other reason. There are lifeboats of most classes in the Relief Fleet in order that station lifeboats can be relieved like-for-like in most instances.

Relief Fleet Waveney Waveney Waveney Waveney Waveney Arun Rother Arun Arun Arun Arun Brede Brede Arun Arun Tyne Tyne Tyne Tyne Tyne Mersey Arun Arun Mersey Mersey Mersey Trent Mersey Mersey Mersey Relief Fleet - All-Weather Lifeboats 44-001 44-002 44-003 44-004 44-007 52-14 37-39 52-17 52-20 52-22 52-25 33-08 33-09 52-31 52-34 47-012 47-017 47-021 47-029 47-031 12-11 52-44 52-46 12-004 12-12 12-21 14-01 12-25 12-30 12-33 Un-named John F. Kennedy Khami Faithful Forester Connel Elizabeth Cargill Edith Emilie The Davys Family Sir Max Aitken Duchess of Kent Ralph and Bonella Farrant A.J.R. and L.G. Uridge Foresters Future Enid of Yorkshire Newsbuoy Margaret Russell Fraser Good Shepherd Owen and Ann Aisher The Famous Grouse Mariners Friend Voluntary Worker Lifetime Care Hibernia The Duke of Atholl Royal Shipwright Marine Engineer Margaret Jean Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma Bingo Lifeline Her Majesty The Queen Fisherman's Friend not allocated ON 1001 ON 1002 ON 1003 ON 1006 ON 1062 ON 1064 ON 1071 ON 1077 ON 1081 ON 1086 ON 1090 ON 1101 ON 1103 ON 1108 ON 1115 ON 1122 ON 1133 ON 1142 ON 1146 ON 1148 ON 1150 ON 1160 ON 1162 ON 1169 ON 1178 ON 1180 ON 1184 ON 1189 ON 1192 - Atlantic 21 Inshore Lifeboats B511 B512 B513 B514 B525 B526 B527 B528 B529 B531 B532 B533 B536 B537 B539 B543 B555 B575 B586 B592 US Navy League William McCunn & Broom Y.F.

Guide Friendship 1 Spix's Macaw Percy Garon (Civil Service) Alexander Duckham Foresters Guide Friendship III Lions International District 105 SE Round Table Long Life 1 John Batstone Clothworker Ernest Armstrong Relief Fleet - C class Inshore Lifeboat C509 C510 C512 C513 C520 Sebag of Jersey Relief Fleet - D class Inshore Lifeboat D320 D322 D336 D338 D350 D355 D371 D383 D391 D398 D399 D401 D404 D407 D408 D409 D410 D413 D414 D415 D416 D417 D418 D419 D423 D425 D427 D428 D430 D432 D433 D435 D437 D439 D445 D448 D450 D451 D315 D316 D328 D333 D334 D365 Bruce's Bonus 41 Club III Sea Tiger Lifeline Victory Wheelers Bertha Bank Staff Appeal IV Ann Speed The Mar/borough Club, Didcot City of Derby Taipan Bacchus Billy Mills & George Ralph Fairlands Lady Pride of West Kingsdown Douglas Hurndall Sarah Helena John Edmunds Strickson Storrs St Vincent Amazon Rotherham Grammar School Ordnance Survey Bosun Marjorie Table 32 Jill Gatti Phyllis Mary AXA Life Inshorer Sea Ranger Anthony Jeanne Frances (Training Fleet) (Training Fleet) Stephen Willoughby (Training Fleet) (Training Fleet) (Training Fleet) (Training Fleet).