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Southend Lifeboat Station

Southend-on-Sea Lifeboat Station

Southend Lifeboat Station has two boathouses, one at each end of Southend's 1.25 mile long pier. One houses a B class and a D class inshore lifeboat, while the other houses a D class lifeboat and a hovercraft.
RNLI pager on a chart with a pair of dividers

Latest lifeboat launch

12.17am 4 October 2024

Recent lifeboat launches from Southend-on-Sea Lifeboat Station

12.17am 4 October 2024
7.24pm 29 September 2024
7.20pm 29 September 2024
2.56pm 19 September 2024
2.43pm 15 September 2024
2.41pm 15 September 2024
3.32pm 14 September 2024
6.59pm 9 September 2024
8.15pm 4 September 2024
11.40am 31 August 2024
6.08pm 29 August 2024
6.00pm 29 August 2024
7.16pm 27 August 2024
2.31pm 25 August 2024
5.54pm 24 August 2024
9.22pm 23 August 2024
6.22pm 20 August 2024
7.17am 17 August 2024
2.31pm 13 August 2024
8.21pm 11 August 2024

Today's weather

16°C Sunshine
Min: 11°C Max: 16°C
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Visitor information and facilities

Station address

Southend Lifeboat Station
Southend Pier
Essex
SS1 1EE

Station phone number

01702 613151

Accessibility

Disabled access (only offshore)

Visiting times

There is a viewing gallery at the station on the end of the Pier.

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News and media from Southend-on-Sea Lifeboat Station

Southend RNLI inshore lifeboat D-818 Len Thorne speeding to the scene
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Southend-on-Sea RNLI volunteers respond to double tasking on Saturday
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RNLI volunteers launching B-885 Julia and Angus Wright at the offshore station
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Southend-on-Sea lifeboat assists 8m fishing boat in busy Thames estuary
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Rescue Hovercraft H-004 Vera Ravine on route to the scene with the launching tractor in the foreground
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Southend-on-Sea RNLI Hovercraft tasked to two people cut off by the tide
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B-885 Julia and Angus Wright powering through the water
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Southend-on-Sea RNLI assists yacht in distress after May bank holiday open day
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