All Weather Lifeboat or ALB Official Number and registered at Lloyds as ON 1189, and RNLI Operational No is 12-30. She has been on station from 16/12/1999 to date at Lytham St. Annes. She is a Mersey class, and is launched from the beach using a tractor
and carriage. Builders: - The bare hull and wheelhouse were moulded
from fibre reinforced composite, a lightweight but extremely strong material,
by specialist builder Green Marine of Lymington. The bare lifeboat was then
transported to Souter’s Shipyard at Cowes on the Isle of Wight to be assembled
and fitted out (Souter’s Yard No was 0104) and this was completed by late 1992.
Dimensions: length 11.77m (38 feet 7 inches) beam 4m
(13 feet)
draught 1.02m ( 3 feet 4 inches)Engines: Two Caterpillar 3208T 285hp diesels are
fitted giving a speed of 16+ knots Weight (displacement): approximately 14 tonnes Crew: normally 6 although seating is available for extra
crew or the “Lifeboat Doctor” if they are needed on a service e.g. a long
search or medical emergency Range - of operation: at full speed 140 nautical miles Funded by: a gift to mark the fortieth anniversary of
Her Majesty’s Accession provided by a collection from Officers & Staff of the
UK Police Forces during The National Police Lifeboat Appeal 1990 to 1992 together
with RNLI general funds Named: - at Ramsgate by Her Majesty the Queen on Friday
16/07/1993, the first lifeboat to be named for a reigning Monarch by themself.
Arrived at Lytham St. Annes Wednesday 15/12/1999, and placed on station Thursday 16/12/1999, but housed in a compound on an open-air car park until completion of our boathouse in 2003 which is located at South Promenade, Lytham St Annes. A Re-dedication Service was held Sunday 4th of June 2000 opposite
the “Mexico Monument” on South Promenade, near the pier.
Service Record Relief fleet 1993 – 96
Temporary Stationed at Cromer 1996 - 99
Relief fleet 1999
Lytham St Annes 1999 to date
She has saved 17 lives in 55 launches on service while on
relief duty at stations or at Cromer before being allocated to Lytham St. Annes.
Since then she has been launched over 100 times on service at Lytham St
Annes to assist people and vessels in distress.
