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Marine Point

2014 sees the start of the 151st year of an RNLI
lifeboat station in New Brighton, last year turned out to
be memorable with one of the busiest in the stations
history with 67 call outs, an increase of 59% on 2012.
Our 150th anniversary year culminated with the

Another common shout is to craft with machinery

station being flooded to knee height during the

or equipment failure and not infrequently shortage

major storm that hit New Brighton on 6th Decem-

of fuel. Its important to take sufficient reserves to

ber, they stayed fully operational never the less.

get you back home against a tide on the ebb. The

It also turned out to be the busiest summer in 24

Mersey has the second highest tidal range in the

years for the RNLI overall, one of the nations long-

country and can flow in and out very fast.

est established charities. The lifeboat station operate two craft - a high performance rapid response

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