Lifeboat Station : Salcombe
Main Contact Details
Salcombe lifeboat station Union Street Salcombe Devon
TQ8 8BZ
Telephone
01548 842158
- Explore this station
Station Information
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- Explore stations are normally open all year and have an RNLI gift shop
- Discover stations are normally open during the summer months
- Observe stations may be open by appointment only
- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
Visitor Contact
Peter Hodges or Marco Brimacombe
Telephone
01548 842158
Station Opening Times
10am-4.30pm daily Don't miss: Salcombe lifeboat museum
Shop
Easter - Christmas - 10.30am - 3.30pm daily Tel: 01548 844386
Accessibility
Parking, disabled parking, disabled access
About this station
Salcombe lifeboat station has operated an all weather lifeboat for nearly 140 years and the crews have received 18 awards for gallantry. A recent addition to the station is an inshore B class Atlantic 75 lifeboat.
Recent launches in the southwest (BST)
11/10/2008
Appledore - 17:1211/10/2008
Torbay - 15:5611/10/2008
Rock - 13:52
Last Launch
Launched this week
Lifeguard patrols extended into Winter
02/10/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
The traditional RNLI lifeguard season drew to a close at the end of September, but patrols have been extended on six beaches in the south west of England.
Fishing boat saved from rocks
22/09/2008
By: Jo Damsell
Exmouth's all-weather lifeboat was tasked on 20 September to rescue a fishing vessel that had broken down and was drifting dangerously close to rocks.
Triple naming at The Lifeboat College
29/08/2008
By: Laura Fennimore
Three RNLI relief fleet inshore lifeboats, funded by generous legacies, will be officially named in the Sea Survival Centre at The Lifeboat College in Poole, Dorset, on Tuesday 2 September.