We had an amazing day on Sunday 3rd March 2024 celebrating the #RNLI200 at the RWY Royal William Yard. What an absolute pleasure to see so many people attend the event today showing support for the RNLI. Our volunteer crew really enjoyed showing you all around the Plymouth and Looe lifeboats. Thank you to the …
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Saturday 27th January our volunteer crew carried out essential training with our friends from Rescue 924 south of Rame Head. Working together helps provide our crews with the training and familiarisation they need for a real emergency situation.
With 2023 coming to an end we look back at a few events and achievements at Plymouth lifeboat station. We wound like to thank everyone for your continued support and donations throughout the year without you we could not save lives at sea. Our volunteer crew have launched on service 139 times this year, carried …
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Cameron Hicks successfully passed out as an RNLI Coxswain for the Severn Class All Weather Lifeboat on Tuesday 28 November 2023. Since joining the crew 6 years ago Cameron has shown continuous commitment and dedication becoming an ILB Helm, ALB Navigator and Assessor Trainer. This means Cameron can now take command of our Severn Class …
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It was a delight to see so many people attend The Plymouth Christmas Celebration on December 15 2023 at The Minster Church of St Andrew Thank you Plymouth Performing Arts Academy and HMS Drake Volunteer Band for putting on a superb performance. Thank you Amanda Brown for arranging the evening, Rector Joe Dent for hosting, …
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Well that was a magical Christmas light switch-on. Thank you Father Christmas, Plymouth City Council / PL1 Events Limited / One Plymouth Thanks to our volunteer crew for traveling to the North Pole to pick up Father Christmas, our shore crew and DLA’s for attending to help with the ropes as the ALB arrived. Thank …
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After an extensive refurbishment, our volunteers were invited to participate in the re-opening celebration of the Go Outdoors store in Plymouth. Our volunteer crew arrived early and were able to have a browse around the newly refurbished store prior to the re-opening ribbon cutting ceremony. Go Outdoors very kindly gave us a prime spot inside the …
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Belinda and James Richardson stopped off at Plymouth RNLI Lifeboat station as part of the RNLI 911 Challenge. They are driving their 911 Porsche anti-clockwise around England, including the Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly, Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. They will visit all 116 RNLI Lifeboat Stations, travelling over 3,000 miles within …
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Thank you to everyone who visited us today at the Plymouth RNLI open day. We hope you had a fantastic time watching our demonstrations, touring our boats and meeting our volunteer crew. A special thank you also to Royal William Yard Marina for hosting us. Thank you also to the other teams that joined to …
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