Lifeboat Station : Salcombe
Main Contact Details
Salcombe lifeboat station Union Street Salcombe Devon
TQ8 8BZ
Telephone
01548 842158
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Station Information
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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)
08/08/2008
Fowey - 20:4608/08/2008
Appledore - 19:5108/08/2008
Falmouth - 19:49
Last Launch
Launched this week
Lifeguards complete Paddle for Life
07/08/2008
By: Amy Caldwell
Eight RNLI lifeguards paddled 10 miles on their rescue boards from Whitsand Bay to Looe in Cornwall yesterday to celebrate Lifeguard week and raise money for the Life first campaign.
£24,000 cheque presentation
05/08/2008
By: Becky King
The RNLI was presented with a cheque for £24,000 yesterday by the Freemasons' Grand Charity – the first installment of a 3-year grant worth £72,000.
Dart lifeboat out before champagne dries
04/08/2008
By: John Fenton
Dart's B class inshore lifeboat Spirit of the Dart was called out twice on the day of her official naming ceremony.
RNLI MOB Guardian saves fishermen's lives
24/07/2008
By: Julia Sylvester
The lives of two young fishermen have been saved off the coast of Cornwall thanks to the RNLI's MOB Guardian fishing safety system.
The story of Blue Peter IV
18/07/2008
By: South West Region
All you need to know about the history of the St Agnes lifeboat Blue Peter IV and her crew's lifesaving services over the past 40 years can be found in the St Agnes Lifeboat Yearbook 2008 - 2009.