Great photos from Tony Rive
Spirit of Guernsey on crew training around Guernsey
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Second busiest year ever for the RNLI St. Peter Port lifeboat station
2014 was the second busiest year ever for the RNLI St. Peter Port lifeboat station. The lifeboat was called out on service 38 times during the year, including calls on both 30th and 31st December. The busiest year ever was in 1991 when the station lifeboat was called to assist on 43 occasions.
In addition to operational call-outs, the lifeboat crew were also on exercise afloat on a further 49 occasions. The high number of exercises was largely associated with the need to completely re- familiarise the volunteer crew with characteristics of firstly the relief lifeboat ‘Daniel L Gibson’ and then the major changes following a million pound plus refit of the ‘Spirit of Guernsey’ which saw new MTU engines, and new electronics and navigation / search software systems fitted.
‘Spirit of Guernsey’ has been the St. Peter Port Station lifeboat since 1997.
The RNLI is funded entirely by voluntary contributions. At this time of year the crew would like to thank all Guernsey Lifeboat supporters for their continued help and generosity
Peter Gill
Lifeboat Operations Manager
St. Peter Port lifeboat Station
“Spirit of Guernsey” called to rescue two people marooned on Lihou
31st December, 2014
1432 A call was received by Guernsey Coastguard from St John Ambulance and Rescue Service advising them that they had received a call from two people that were trapped on Lihou after they had an accident with their inflatable kayak. One of the casualties had fallen in the water and was cold. As there was no vessels available to go to their assistance, and with failing light; it was decided to send the “Spirit of Guernsey” to Lihou with two St Johns Paramedics on board to treat the casualties.
1442 Lifeboat Red
1503 Lifeboat pier-heads proceeding to the casualty
1537 Lifeboat on scene.
1615 Lifeboat returning to St Peter Port, casualty recovered, checked over and put ashore at Lihou Island car park
1642 Lifeboat arrives at the pierheads.
1720 Back on station
Welcome
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.
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.
“Spirit of Guernsey” called to assist local 10m Fishing Boat with fouled propeller
Tuesday 30th December, 2014
1835 A call was received by Guernsey Coastguard from the local fishing boat “Petite Mel” that her propeller was foul on some netting and that she required immediate assistance. The fishing vessel was just east of Beaucette Marina ….and close to rocks. Due to the precarious location of the vessel , an immediate Lifeboat Red was called and the “Spirit of Guernsey “ dispatched to go to the assistance of the disabled fishing boat
1837 Lifeboat Red
1855 Lifeboat pier-heads proceeding to the casualty
1905 Lifeboat on scene.
1915 Lifeboat returning to St Peter Port, casualty under tow
1935 Lifeboat arrives at the pierheads with the tow.
2000 Back on station
Missing kayaker
The St Peter Port Lifeboat “Spirit of Guernsey” was launched at 16:20 and Air Search 1 alerted after a member of the public had reported to the police that they had observed 2 kayaks on the South coast, and that a little later only 1 was returning with the other drifting empty.
The missing kayaker was located on rocks off Icart point and the lifeboat was directed to the scene arriving at 16:33, where the casualty was recovered from the rocks suffering from hypothermia and injuries to his legs.
The casualty was transferred to an ambulance on arrival at St Peter Port, and the Spirit of Guernsey was back on station at 17:30.