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St Peter Port Lifeboat - Guernsey

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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

TEENAGE BOY RESCUED AFTER CLIFF INCIDENT AT SOLDIERS BAY

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Guernsey Coastguard assisted in a multi-agency rescue operation yesterday evening after receiving reports of a teenage boy stranded on cliffs at Soldiers Bay.

At approximately 5:20 pm, Guernsey Coastguard received a call from the Joint Emergency Service Control Centre (JESCC) reporting that a teenager had become stuck part-way down the cliffs and was unable to move to safety. The Guernsey Fire and Rescue, Cliff Rescue Team and Police had already responded to the 999 call and Guernsey Coastguard were requested to launch the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) Inshore Lifeboat (ILB) and the Coastguard Drone Unit to assist with locating and rescuing the stranded teenager.

Upon arrival, Guernsey Fire & Rescue personnel established a technical rope rescue system from the cliff top, while the RNLI’s inshore lifeboat stood by below to provide safety cover and assist if required. Working closely with Guernsey Coastguard’s Drone Unit, the teams quickly located the boy and were able to reach, secure him, and bring him safely down to the bottom of the cliff for final extraction by ILB, which arrived back into St Peter Port harbour at 7:20pm

The teenager was assessed by the Fire & Rescue Cliff Team member and Lifeboat crew at the scene and was found to be uninjured.

Vessel assisted off St Martins Point

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At approximately 08:35 on Sunday 8 February, Guernsey Coastguard received a call from a local vessel reporting that its propeller had become fouled and that assistance was required. The vessel was located around 100 metres off St Martin’s Point and … Continue reading →

Arrival of relief Inshore Lifeboat

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After a weather delay, MV Trinity delivered B-946 ‘Spirit of Cooperation’ this afternoon (22nd January 2026). B-946 was craned into the water and B-943 craned out at approx 18.30. B-943 “Harold Hobbs” will return to Poole on Sunday, depending again … Continue reading →