RNLI Wells marking 200 years of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution 1824-2024 with a series of events of the weekend of 1st-3rd March and a free exhibition at Wells Maltings from 1st-9th March 2024. The station was open for viewing the lifeboats on 2nd and on 3rd both lifeboats launched and ran up to the quay so the crew could pay their respects at the lifeboat memorial to the crew lost in the Eliza Adams tragedy in 1880.
Handing over to the new boathouse
Wells RNLI transferred operations from its 127 year old lifeboat station on Wells beach to the new boathouse on the beach bank on Sunday 13/11/22.
RNLB 13-46 'Duke of Edinburgh'
Photos of our new Shannon class lifeboat RNLB 13-46 'Duke of Edinburgh'
13-46 visits London for the Reflections parade
Wells' new Shannon stopped off in London on its passage home from Poole to take part on the Reflections parade to commemorate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Crew and guild members and their friends and families met up on a lovely summer evening to recognise the long service of some of our volunteers...
Retired and restored historic lifeboats visiting and resident at Wells, including the former station boat Oakley class 37-15 Ernest Tom Neathercoat which has recently been restored...
Naming of D-797 'Peter Wilcox'
Pictures from the naming ceremony for the new ILB D-797 'Peter Wilcox', 9 October 2016
Storm Surge damages the boathouse 5/12/13
The lifeboat station was flooded during the storm surge of 5 December 2013 which caused extensive damage, along with damage to properties in Wells and right along the east coast.
FCB2 launching trials at Wells March 2006
The FCB2 prototype lifeboat, forerunner of the new Shannon class lifeboat, came to Wells for trials in 2006
125th Anniversary of the Eliza Adams tragedy October 2005
The tragic capsize of the Wells Lifeboat Eliza Adams in 1880 was marked 125 years on... photos from a day of commemoration
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