Tamar Class Lifeboat Bembridge lifeboat station is classified as a key station by the RNLI and is strategically situated on the Solent, home to one of the busiest shipping lanes in our waters
Since the founding of Bembridge Lifeboat, over 900 lives have been saved by generations of volunteer lifeboat crews.
The current lifeboat crew is headed by the coxswain, Steve Simmonds, helped by two permanent members of staff and approximately 23 local volunteers from a variety of professions, ranging from builders and electricians to a policeman and a property developer. For some of the men, being on the crew is a family tradition that has been passed from father to son since the 1860s.
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Bembridge lifeboat station is classified as a key station by the RNLI and is strategically situated on the Solent, home to one of the busiest shipping lanes in our waters.
