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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

8.37pm 4 January 2025

Recent lifeboat launches from Southend-on-Sea Lifeboat Station

8.37pm 4 January 2025
10.44am 25 December 2024
9.25pm 22 December 2024
9.25pm 22 December 2024
11.19am 14 December 2024
10.46pm 13 December 2024
1.24pm 2 December 2024
4.48pm 6 November 2024
4.46pm 6 November 2024
4.48pm 5 November 2024
2.15am 31 October 2024
9.28am 20 October 2024
8.34am 13 October 2024
8.32am 13 October 2024
8.32pm 5 October 2024
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

Today's weather

6°C Sunshine
Min: 2°C Max: 6°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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