RNLI Calshot Lifeboat Station - C/o Calshot Activity Centre, Calshot, Hampshire, UK
Posted by: Dragontree
N 50° 49.205 W 001° 18.500
30U E 619158 N 5631181
This small station is involved in vital work in the Solent, it is located on Calshot Spit.
Waymark Code: WMDC67
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/23/2011
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Calshot Lifeboat have been established since 1971 and the volunteers have been saving lives ever since.
There is an excellent website to the Calshot Lifeboat which describes the history, facilities and more:
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'R.N.L.I. Calshot Lifeboat is situated on Calshot Spit in Hampshire.
It’s crew is voluntary and available to save life at sea within the busy Solent, Southampton Water and offshore areas 24 hours a day 365 days a year.
Calshot has 2 lifeboats, a Tyne class all weather lifeboat and a D-class inshore lifeboat.'
The lifeboat is described on the RNLI website:
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'The RNLI’s last ever Brede class lifeboat left service at Calshot in 2002 and the station now operates both an inshore and an all weather lifeboat, covering the middle section of the Solent.'