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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

11.58am 11 April 2025

Recent lifeboat launches from Southend-on-Sea Lifeboat Station

11.58am 11 April 2025
2.46pm 30 March 2025
5.20am 23 February 2025
12.43pm 11 February 2025
11.15am 29 January 2025
11.05pm 26 January 2025
5.12pm 25 January 2025
4.17pm 22 January 2025
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

Today's weather

13°C Rain
Min: 7°C Max: 13°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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