Lifeboat Station : Sunderland
Main Contact Details
Marine Activity Centre, North Dock, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
SR6 0PW
Telephone
0191 567 3536
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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 Mitchell
Telephone
07802 940674
Station Opening Times
9am-4pm most weekdays. Groups by appointment only Don't miss: crew training 7pm Tues and 9am Sun
Shop
Tel: 0191 567 4395
Accessibility
Parking, disabled parking, disabled access
About this station
Sunderland is the oldest lifeboat station, celebrating over 200 years as a station. The first experimental motor lifeboat in the RNLI’s fleet operated from here and today the station has two inshore lifeboats – an Atlantic 75 and a D class.
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
26/09/2008_81_81.JPG "Proposed Boathouse")
New home for Sunderland's latest RNLI Lifeboat
03/10/2007
By: Paul Nicholson - Senior Helm Sunderland RNLI
Work starts next Monday [8th October] to provide a new home for Sunderland’s RNLI Atlantic 85 lifeboat [Wolseley].
Sunderland - Naming Ceremony for Atlantic 85
05/09/2007
By: Paul Nicholson (LPO)
Sunderland's new RNLI lifeboat will be named at a special ceremony this Saturday (@ 14:00hrs) by a representative of the company which funded her.
Fisherman rescued from water after boat sinks
By: Paul Nicholson (LPO)
A rescue operation involving Sunderland’s two RNLI Lifeboats was launched this afternoon.
New Atlantic 85 to arrive at Sunderland
By: Paul Nicholson
Volunteers at Sunderland’s RNLI Station are making final preparations for the arrival of the station’s new Atlantic 85 class inshore lifeboat.
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.