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RNLI 200th Anniversary

RNLI 200th Anniversary

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.

Farewell to the Mersey

Farewell to the Mersey

Saying goodbye to 12-003 Doris M Mann of Ampthill after 32 years....

Handing over to the new boathouse

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'

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

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

Shannon and SLRS training

Shannon and SLRS training

Getting ready for the new Shannon and SLRS launching carriage 2022

New Boathouse Build

New Boathouse Build

Wells' new boathouse from the ground up

Awards Evening 2022

Awards Evening 2022

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...

News

News

Various pictures from news, events, services and other items on the site

Historic Lifeboats

Historic Lifeboats

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'

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

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.

Horse and two riders cut off by the tide <small>July 2006</small>

Horse and two riders cut off by the tide July 2006

Horse Rescue at Wells 9 July 2006

FCB2 launching trials at Wells <small>March 2006</small>

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 <small>October 2005</small>

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

Naming ceremonies

Naming ceremonies

Pictures and posters from past naming ceremonies

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