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Welcome to the friends of the St Peter Port lifeboat website.

Please visit https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/st-peter-port-lifeboat-station for the official website

The Guernsey lifeboat station is one of only four in the Channel Islands. Operating for over 200 years, the crews of the Guernsey lifeboats have been honoured with several awards for gallantry.

Spirit of Guernsey at speed – photo by Tony Rive

The Station has seen a variety of lifeboats over the years and the current lifeboat is the Severn class ‘Spirit of Guernsey’. The Island has always been proud to support the Lifeboat Station and crews; in 1973 a special appeal raised a considerable sum towards the cost of the Arun Class “Sir William Arnold”.

Twenty years later an appeal was launched to raise £1 million to support the building of “Spirit of Guernsey”. Thanks to the generosity of friends in Guernsey, Sark, Herm and further afield, the target was achieved within one year. The RNLI relies entirely on voluntary donations.

Following a six-month training and familiarisation period, July 2019 saw the introduction of a ‘B’ Class Atlantic 85 Inshore Rescue lifeboat – the Elizabeth and Margaret Milligan (B-889) on a two-year trial for evaluation.

Picture by Brian Green

RNLI announce a new era of lifesaving in the Channel Islands

Posted on by October 2, 2025
Credit: RNLI

Over the next three years, RNLI lifeboat crews in Alderney, St Peter Port and St Helier will receive the newest, state of the art, modern Shannon class all weather lifeboat which will replace each station’s current all weather lifeboat. The changes will allow RNLI lifeboat crews to respond effectively to the changing way people and visitors to the Islands are using the water and save the greatest number of lives in the most effective way. 

The Shannon is the latest class of all-weather lifeboat in the RNLI fleet. Designed entirely in house by a team of RNLI engineers and built at the RNLI’s all weather lifeboat centre in Poole, Dorset, the Shannon includes the very latest in lifesaving technology, including enhanced navigation tools which allows each crew member access to navigational and systems information from any position within the wheelhouse.

St Peter Port’s current all weather Severn class lifeboat Spirit of Guernsey (ON1203) will change to a Shannon class all weather lifeboat towards the end of 2027

Alongside the all-weather lifeboat changes which are part of the wider lifeboat fleet strategy, the current Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat at St Peter Port will be modernised to better support the volunteer crew.