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Redcar Lifeboat Station
Redcar Lifeboat Station in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Redcar Lifeboat Station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Redcar Lifeboat Station is located on The Esplanade at Redcar, a town on the northern coast of Yorkshire, historically North Yorkshire, now Redcar and Cleveland. A lifeboat was first placed at Redcar in 1802. The lifeboat was operated by the Tees Bay Lifeboat and Shipwreck Society (TBLSS) from 1825. Management of the station was transferred to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1858. A second independent lifeboat operated at Redcar between 1877 and ~1898. The station currently operated two Inshore Lifeboats (ILB); the B-class (Atlantic 85) Leicester Challenge III (B-858), on station since 2012, and a smaller D-class (IB1) Eileen May Loach-Thomas (D-786), on station since 2015.
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Background
History
There is much documented detail about the origins of the Redcar lifeboat. Many reports are conflicting, with different dates and incorrect names. It is claimed that the cost of the lifeboat (reported as both £100 and £200) was raised by local fishermen or the local population, but either would seem an impossible amount in the early 19th century, as in 1802, Redcar was a small fishing hamlet consisting of two rows of terraced houses. What is known, is that a lifeboat, to be operated by local fishermen, locally named as Lifeboat, and initially costing £200, was constructed of 20-year-old matured oak by Henry Greathead of South Shields, and placed at Redcar in 1802. On 25 December 1835, the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.6185, -1.0637
- Address
- 43 Esplanade
- Phone
- +44 1642 494311
- Established
- 1802
- Official site
- rnli.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q62005773 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Redcar Lifeboat Station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Redcar Lifeboat Station?
- Redcar Lifeboat Station is in North-East England, United Kingdom.
- When was Redcar Lifeboat Station built?
- Built or established in 1802.
- Who owns Redcar Lifeboat Station?
- Redcar Lifeboat Station is owned by border|23px Royal National Lifeboat Institution.