Lifeboats

This was a Lifeboat based at the Anglesey port of Moelfre, in North Wales. There are fascinating details of this vessel's life at www.adls.org.uk/t1/node/581 When in Lifeboat service it was the Charles and Eliza Laura

Magnus Musson is a semi-retired pilot boat, there being two more modern boats at the Newhaven Port Authority's disposal. She has been retained as a general work boat. The William Mary appeared to still have some power and, from a distant view, seemed to berth herself once in harbour. This is not the first time I have caught NN729 needing help getting home - www.ipernity.com/doc/364457/25933561 The trawler in the background is the Sarah Lena.

A week after the joint exercise with the lifeboat, another Coastguard helicopter was patrolling up and down the coast.

I think that this young man may have been connected with the Lifeboat or one of its crew. If so, I can forgive him for rushing up and down the beach getting in the other photographers' line of sight! If not, maybe he can appreciate that he could have been a bit more considerate!

It is unusual to see this much of the lifeboat, when it's moored beside the RNLI station.

Photos of the Littlehampton Lifeboat Station and Lifeboats, taken on a visit to Littlehampton with two of my smaller grandchildren, on 20.8.2013. The panel above is a facsimile of the station's nameboard and is not meant to imply that these are official photos.

Photos of the Littlehampton Lifeboat Station and Lifeboats, taken on a visit to Littlehampton with two of my smaller grandchildren, on 20.8.2013. The panel above is a facsimile of the station's nameboard and is not meant to imply that these are official photos.