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St Peter Port Lifeboat - Guernsey

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

This is an unofficial website of the St Peter Port Lifeboat, not linked to the official RNLI website which can be found at https://rnli.org/

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

Coastal Rescue Response at Bear’s Beach, Herm

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The lifeboats and Flying Christine at the Sark Sea Service 19 July 2026, photo by Colin S Le Conte

At approximately 12:25pm today (Sunday 19 July 2026), Guernsey Coastguard received reports from the Joint Emergency Services Control Centre (JESCC) that a person and their dog were being swept away by the strong spring tides from Bear’s Beach on the West coast of Herm.

In response, a multi-agency search and rescue operation was initiated, with the St Peter Port RNLI’s All-Weather Lifeboat (ALB), Inshore Lifeboat (ILB), St Johns Ambulance launch, Flying Christine III (FCIII) (which had all been attending the Sark Sea Service) and the Channel Islands Air
Search aircraft (CIAS) all tasked to the incident.

The ILB and FCIII arrived on scene at about 12:40pm by which time, a member of the public had successfully assisted the casualty and their dog back to the beach. Paramedics from the FCIII subsequently assessed the casualty who was found to be well and uninjured, although understandably shaken by the experience. The dog was also found to be in good health.

All search and rescue assets were stood down and returned to their respective stations by 1:40pm.

Guernsey Coastguard said:
The incident serves as a timely reminder of the speed at which tidal conditions can change
around the islands and the importance of checking tide times and local conditions before visiting
beaches and coastal areas.

Guernsey Coastguard would also like to thank the member of the public who assisted, together
with all responding agencies for their swift response and cooperation.

Mike Harris – Duty Search Mission Coordinator

Casualty airlifted from yacht

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30th May 2026 The ILB Harrold Hobbs, B-943, returned to Guernsey on the MV Trinity, was launched at 10:30 and less than 4 hours later, was called out to an incident. Guernsey Coastguard report A busy afternoon for Guernsey Coastguard … Continue reading →

Yacht Assisted Off Havre Gosselin

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Guernsey Coastguard coordinated the response to a French sailing yacht experiencing difficulties off Havre Gosselin yesterday evening. At 4:23 p.m., Guernsey Coastguard received a report of a 9-metre French-flagged sailing yacht with three persons on board suffering fouled propulsion and … Continue reading →