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Nicky King
Coxswain
Mechanic
Mark Frary
Second Coxswain
Mechanic
Senior ILB Helmsman
Martin Emerson
Deputy 2nd Coxswain
Mechanic
ILB Helmsman
Fred Whitaker
ALB Crew
Kevin Parr
ALB Crew
ILB Helmsman
Max Phillips
ALB Navigator
Mechanic
Launch Authority
James Betteridge
ALB Navigator
Mechanic
ILB Helmsman
Ross Fulford
ALB Crew
ILB Helmsman
Martin Few
ALB Crew
James Parr
ALB Crew
ILB Crew
Ed Burton
ALB Crew
ILB Crew
Simon Parkes
ALB Navigator
ILB Helmsman
Mandy Humphreys
ALB Navigator
ILB Crew
Gary Yarham
ALB Navigator
ILB Helmsman
Will Richardson
ALB Crew
ILB Crew
Harvey Gunhouse
ALB Crew
Richard Brazier
ALB Crew
ILB Crew
Andy Long
ALB Crew
ILB Crew
Adam Beckham
ALB Crew
ILB Crew
Launchers and shore crew
Nicky Beck
Head Launcher
SLRS driver
Launch Authority
Kent Cooper
Assistant Tractor Driver
Ray West
Head Launcher
SLRS Driver
Softrak Driver
Softrak Maintainer
Launch Authority
Debbie Carter De Bois
Launcher
John Crosthwaite
Launcher
Robert Fowle
Launcher
Simon Gilbert
Launcher
Darwin Gunhouse
Launcher
Harvey Gunhouse
Head Launcher
SLRS Driver
Chris Rose
Launcher
Paul Spiers
Head Launcher
SLRS Driver
John Tomlinson
Launcher
Paul Wells
Launcher
Station Officers and other personnel
Chris Hardy
Lifeboat Operations Manager (LOM)
Greg Hewitt
Launch Authority
Lifeboat Training Co-ordinator
(Retd ALB and ILB crew)
Neil Woodruff
Station Chaplain
Lorraine Cracknell
Lifeboat Treasurer
Jessica Curtis
Lifeboat Press Officer
Shop Opening Times
Our shop and viewing gallery are normally open weekends from Friday to Monday 10-4 along with extra days in the holidays and whenever we can. In good weather, the main boathouse doors may also be open to view the all-weather lifeboat from the front. See our visits page for more information.
Cut off on Stiffkey marshes
The inshore lifeboat goes to rescue people cut off by a large spring tide on Stiffkey marshes, 30 March 2025
RNLI 200
The RNLI celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2024, a milestone marked nationally and by lifeboat crews and stations
around the UK.
Lifeboat Horse marking 200 years in the quay
Shannon lifeboat
and boathouse build
Wells RNLI is now operating from the new building. See the boathouse build pages for the story of how the new station was built.
Our new Shannon lifeboat was funded in part with a station appeal for £250,000 in 2014-15 and also by the Civil Service charity The Lifeboat Fund with its 150th Anniversary Appeal. We are hugely grateful to everyone who has donated, fund-raised, helped and supported us both locally and across the UK and further afield.
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