Felixstowe Lifeboat

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Felixstowe Lifeboat
Felixstowe Coast Patrol and Rescue
Formation1997
Type Charity
HeadquartersSearson's Farm, Cordy's Lane, Trimley St Mary, Suffolk
Coordinates 51°58′20″N1°18′50″E / 51.9723°N 1.3138°E / 51.9723; 1.3138
Area served
Felixstowe
ServicesLifeboat
Volunteers36 (2025)
Website felixstowelifeboat.org.uk

Felixstowe Lifeboat is an independent lifeboat service operating near Felixstowe in Suffolk, England. It was established in 1997 as the Felixstowe Coast Patrol and Rescue.

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History

The first lifeboat in the Felixstowe area was the lifeboat at Landguard Fort in 1821. Another lifeboat was provided at Harwich (on the opposite side of the estuary) at around the same time but both had ceased operation by 1917. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) established a new station at Harwich in 1965. [1]

Volunteers established the Felixstowe Coast Patrol and Rescue service in 1997, when a local Coastguard rescue boat was withdrawn. It operated independently of the RNLI. [2] [3] It was given a permanent base in a supermarket warehouse off Hamilton Road, Felixstowe, in 2018 (at 51°58′01″N1°21′05″E / 51.9669°N 1.3515°E / 51.9669; 1.3515 ). [4] They had to vacate this in 2025 because of changes by the owners so they moved to a new base in a barn at Searson's Farm in Cordy's Lane, Trimley St Mary. [5] [6]

Operations

The lifeboat is used for patrols at weekends and may be called out by the Coastguard. In 2024 they saved six lives and assisted 58 other people. [6]

Lifeboats

NewNameLengthType
2000Volunteer6.5 m (21 ft)Humber Ocean Pro [2]
2019Last Orders7.5 m (25 ft)Humber Ocean Pro [2]

See also

The Felixstowe Lifeboat base at Trimley Felixstowe Coast Patrol base at Trimley (2025).JPG
The Felixstowe Lifeboat base at Trimley

References

  1. ↑ Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. p. 103.
  2. 1 2 3 Leonard & Denton 2024, p. 120–121.
  3. ↑ "Felixstowe Coast Patrol & Rescue: Our Story". National Independent Lifeboat Association. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Cornwell, Richard (9 October 2018). "Felixstowe Volunteer Coast Patrol Rescue Service receives 'first real home'". Ipswich Star. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Bareham, Dominic (23 March 2025). "Felixstowe Coast Patrol needed to find new home this month". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  6. 1 2 Bareham, Dominic (21 September 2024). "Felixstowe lifeboat's new status from the Coastguard". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
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