Lifeboat Station : Humber
Main Contact Details
Lifeboat Station, Spurn Point, Humberside
HU12 0UG
Telephone
(01964) 650228
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Station Information
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Visitor Contact
Dave Steenvoorden
Telephone
01964 650228
Station Opening Times
Strictly by appointment only as there is no public access. The lifeboat lies afloat off the end of the Humber Pilots jetty.
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
About this station
Humber is the only lifeboat station with a full-time crew and it has carried out some outstanding rescues during its 195-year history. One remarkable figure at the station was Coxswain Robert Cross who was awarded two Gold Medals, three Silver Medals, two Bronze Medals and the George Medal.
Recent launches in the north (BST)
06/09/2008
Sunderland - 21:1106/09/2008
Amble - 19:3106/09/2008
Amble - 19:00
Last Launch
Launched this week
Busy day for Seahouses
06/08/2008
By: Ian Clayton
Humber Coastguard paged Seahouses lifeboat station last night after reports of two people trapped on Holy Island causeway.
Sunderland prepares for open day
06/08/2008
By: Paul Nicholson
Sunderland lifeboat station will hold its annual open day on Sunday, 10 August, from 11am–4pm.
Official naming at Seahouses
08/07/2008
By: Alison Levett
Seahouses' new D class lifeboat will be officially named on Saturday.
Woman and dog rescued by Sunderland lifeboats
02/07/2008
By: Paul Nicholson
Sunderland's lifeboats rescued a woman and her dog on Wednesday after they were cut off by the rising tide.
RNLI Compass Summer 2008
01/07/2008
By: RNLI Publications
Read more stories from the North in Compass, available here.