Lifeboat Station : Humber
Main Contact Details
Lifeboat Station, Spurn Point, Humberside
HU12 0UG
Telephone
(01964) 650228
- Observe this station
Station Information
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- Explore stations are normally open all year and have an RNLI gift shop
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- Observe stations may be open by appointment only
- RNLI Beach Lifeguard area
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)
11/10/2008
Humber - 17:5911/10/2008
Cleethorpes - 17:2011/10/2008
Staithes and Runswick - 15:54
Last Launch
Launched within 24 hours
RNLI runners turn out for Great North Run
06/10/2008
By: Alison Levett
Around 250 runners joined Team RNLI at the BUPA Great North Run yesterday (5 October), the world's biggest half-marathon.
New Tynemouth lifeboat named
02/10/2008
By: Adrian Don
Tynemouth's new D class lifeboat Mark Noble was officially named on 28 September, in memory of the brother of the donor whose generosity paid for the vessel.
RNLI Compass Autumn 2008
01/10/2008
By: RNLI
Read more stories from the North in Compass, available here.
Swimmer saved by Blackpool crew
15/09/2008
By: Paul Parton
Blackpool lifeboat crew saved a woman on Saturday evening, 13 September, after she got into difficulty while swimming.
Flood Rescue team in Morpeth
08/09/2008
By: Alison Levett
A team of 21 RNLI crew members worked tirelessly for 15 hours through Saturday night and Sunday morning to rescue people from flooded homes in Morpeth, Northumberland.