Swanage RNLI

Welcome To Swanage Lifeboat Station.

An RNLI Lifeboat Station saving lives off the Dorset Coast since 1875.

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Crewed by volunteers.

Our volunteer crew come from all walks of life.

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Two lifeboats Provide 24/7 cover.

A Shannon class all weather lifeboat and a D Class inshore lifeboat

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The RNLI is a national charity.

The RNLI has over 235 lifeboat stations around the coast of the UK and Ireland.

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Our live webcam, click below to see how Swanage Bay looks today.

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RNLI lifesavers are only able to launch thanks to support from people like you. Make a donation and save lives.

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Lifeboat week 2022 runs from 12-21 August. More details will be available in 2022.

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Another early start for the Swanage volunteers today. The UK Coastguard became concerned when a passing boat reported a lifejacket in the water between Anvil Point and St Albans Head. The boat was unable to confirm that the lifejacket was not being worn, so the D-class inshore lifeboat (ILB) was launched to investigate. It soon became clear that the search area was considerable, so the Shannon class all-weather lifeboat (ALB) launched to join the investigation.

Both boats coordinated their efforts, the ILB working up and down the expected line of drift on the strong flood tide and the ALB moving

Check out our statistics

Our statistics and map pages record all our launches for the year

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Saving lives since

Lives saved to date

Rescues in 2020

Volunteer crew

Meet the crew

Our crew are come from all walks of life.

We currently have 30 sea going and 4 shore based volunteers. Here's a random selection, click the button below to see them all.

Dan Lander

Position :
ILB Helmsman & ALB Crew/Navigator

Date Joined :
June 2003

Darren Bird

Position :
ALB & ILB Crew + ILB Mechanic

Date Joined :
October 2009

Becky Mack

Position :
ALB Crew & ILB Helm

Date Joined :
March 2006

Richard Lloyd

Position :
Trainee ALB/ILB Crew

Date Joined :
January 2017

Alfie O'Connell

Position :
Shore crew

Date Joined :
January 2020

Morgan Woodford