Caister Lifeboat Station - Norfolk, Great Britain.
N 52° 38.765 E 001° 44.157
31U E 414478 N 5833651
Caister Lifeboat - is based at Caister-on-Sea in Norfolk, and is one of only three offshore lifeboats in the UK that are independent of the RNLI
Waymark Code: WMGTXD
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/10/2013
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"A lifeboat at Caister was first documented in 1791, being used by the Caister Beach Company to salvage ships wrecked on the sand banks offshore from Caister. Between 1856 and 1969 lifeboats at Caister were operated by the RNLI.
The current lifeboats, the Bernard Matthews II (a Dutch-built Valentijn 2000 offshore lifeboat) and the Jim Davidson OBE (a semi-rigid inflatable onshore lifeboat), are run by the Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service, a registered charity supported entirely by public donation." text Source: (
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"The first record of the Caister Beach Company in 1791 shows that they used boats named 'Assistance' and 'Prince Blucher'. The main purpose of the Beach Company was salvage, and the coast around Caister with the array of treacherous sand banks provided a good living for the crews of the gigs and yawls which were the principle rescue vessels of the day. Poor navigation, badly maintained ships and indifferent crews all combined to produce tragic results in bad weather, one example being in November 1807 when a total of 144 bodies were washed ashore following a gale. In 1836 it was reported that 23 vessels had been stranded on the Yarmouth beach following a November storm." Text Source: (
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