Lifeboat Station

About Lifeboat Station

Tragically. the lifeboat could not be launched on Black Friday, 14th October 1881, as its crew were fishermen and so were already at sea.
A lifeboat house and slipway were constructed in 1876 but were replaced by a new station in 1908. These became obsolete with the harbour improvements in the 1960s and were removed as part of the most recent harbour upgrading. Since 1964, a modern lifeboat has been moored in the harbour ready to sail at a moment's notice, the crew being summoned by one, two or three rockets, depending on the seriousness of the situation facing them. The new Station was completed in 1992.