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Our volunteer crews are funded entirely by voluntary donations; we provide a 24-hour service around the Western Solent.
Victor 'Danny' Lovelock
Victor 'Danny' Lovelock
with Coastguard Helicopter 'India Juliet' and Yarmouth ALB in background
| Lifeboat Category: | Lifeboat class: | ||
| Inshore | Atlantic 75 | ||
| Based on the Atlantic 21. Even though her twin 70hp outboard engines make her one of the fastest lifeboats in the fleet, her hull design provides a softer ride than her predecessor for the three crew and survivors | |||
| Introduced in: | |||
| 1992 | |||
| Length: |
7.3m (24ft) |
Range: | |
| Beam: |
2.64m (8ft 8in) |
Crew: | 3/4 |
| Displacement: | 1.5 tonnes (no crew) | Construction: | GRP hull with hypalon-coated nylon tube |
| Speed: | 32 knots | ||
Brief History
An inshore lifeboat station was established with a D class lifeboat in May 1965. An Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat replaced the D class in August 1973. Bronze Medal awarded to Helmsman Alan Coster after he took the lifeboat to a distance of approximately twenty yards from the motor fishing vessel Al Mor which was sinking at the entrance to Lymington river in a southerly gale and rough sea and having swum to the fishing vessel, led her crew of two over the marshes for half a mile to rendezvous with the lifeboat resulting in the rescue of two lives on 17 December 1980.
Contact Information
Lymington Lifeboat Station
The Boathouse
Bath Road
LYMINGTON
SO41 3SE
e-mail Address
lymington@rnli.org.uk
Last Updated 25th January 2008 - Copyright Lymington Lifeboat
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