Lifeboat Station : Rye Harbour
Main Contact Details
Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station Harbour Road Rye Harbour East Sussex
TN31 7TN
Telephone
01797 223693
- Observe this station
Station Information
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- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Richard Tollett
Telephone
01797 223693
Station Opening Times
By appointment only
Shop
No shop. Buy online at http://www.rnli.org.uk/shop
Accessibility
Disabled access
About this station
Today’s lifeboat station at Rye Harbour operates an inshore Atlantic 75 lifeboat. During its 165-year history Rye Harbour saw one of the worst lifeboat disasters in the RNLI’s history when 17 crew lost their lives in 1928.
Recent launches in the southeast (BST)
08/01/2009
Portsmouth - 11:2006/01/2009
Ramsgate - 19:3002/01/2009
Portsmouth - 17:17
Last Launch
Launched this week
Late Summer Ball - a great success
03/10/2008
By: LPO - Rye Harbour
Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station raised £2680, for the RNLI's Train one, save many campaign, on Saturday 27 September at the River Haven Hotel
Station Open Day 2008: A Great Success
21/06/2008
By: LPO - Rye Harbour
Saturday, 21 June the doors of Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station were opened to the public for the annual station open day, which raised an amazing £381.16
Final Farewell
30/05/2008
By: LPO - Rye Harbour
Rye Harbour, Hastings and Dungeness Lifeboats came together to say a final farewell to Rye Harbour Crewman ‘Mark Gozna’ who died on March 31.
Speedboat: broken down & in risk of grounding
25/05/2008
By: LPO - Rye Harbour
RNLB B-727, launched at 3.45 pm on Saturday 24 May 2008 to a 4 metre speedboat which had broken down at Rye and was in danger of becoming stranded.
Jet Ski broken down at sea off Camber Sands
13/05/2008
By: LPO - Rye Harbour
RNLB B-727 launched on Sunday, 11 May 2008 at 2.06 pm to a broken down jet ski at sea off Camber Sands, one and a half miles south east of Rye Harbour