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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

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 was drifting with the wind and tide towards the south coast. There was one person on board.

The St Peter Port Relief Inshore Lifeboat Spirit of Cooperation was requested to launch at 08:39 and was underway from St Peter Port by 08:53. The lifeboat arrived on scene at 09:00, where a crew member was transferred to the casualty vessel to provide assistance.

A tow was established shortly after arrival, and the vessel was safely towed back to St Peter Port, arriving at 09:49.

Duty Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator Simon Granger commented: “This situation was resolved quickly thanks to the prompt response of the lifeboat crew and the early call for assistance from the casualty. The decision to deploy the anchor was also crucial in preventing the vessel from drifting onto the shore.”

“Spirit of Cooperation” relief Inshore Lifeboat on a recent training exercise – photo by Tony Rive

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 →