The Lifeboat Service in England: North East Coast Station by Station

Some of the oldest and most famous lifeboat stations can be found in the north east of England, and down the country's east coast. While the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was established in 1824, and has a long and proud tradition of saving life at sea, many lifeboats were operating on the east coast before the 1820s. Indeed, the first proper design of lifeboat originates in the north east, on the Tyne, where Henry Greathead built his 'Original' lifeboat in 1789.Today, the volunteer lifeboat crews of England's east coast operate high-tech state-of-the-art lifeboats in their work of saving lives at sea in and around some of the busiest sea lanes in the world. The RNLI currently operates twenty two lifeboat stations between Berwick-upon-Tweed near the Scottish Border and Skegness in Lincolnshire, and this comprehensive book has details of every one, with information about their history, rescues and current lifeboats. It also includes details and outline histories of old stations that have been closed.