Harwich Lifeboat Station
| Harwich Lifeboat Station | |
|---|---|
Harwich Lifeboat Station. | |
Harwich, Essex | |
| General information | |
| Type | RNLI Lifeboat Station |
| Location | Harwich Lifeboat Station, The Quay, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3HH, England |
| Coordinates | 51°56′55.01″N 1°17′13.56″E / 51.9486139°N 1.2871000°E |
| Opened | 1821, RNLI 1878 |
| Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| Website | |
| Harwich RNLI lifeboat station | |
Harwich Lifeboat Station is located at The Quay, at the northern tip of the Harwich peninsula, which sits on the southern side of the confluence of the River Stour and the River Orwell, on the coast of Essex.
A lifeboat station was established at Harwich in 1821, by the Essex Lifeboat Association, but closed in 1826. The station was re-established by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station in 1878.
The station serves a particularly busy section of coastline with Harwich being a very busy ferry terminal, with the Port of Felixstowe, the United Kingdom's busiest container port, just across the estuary.
The station currently operates the Severn-class All-weather lifeboat 17-03 Albert Brown (ON 1202), on station since 1996, and the B-class (Atlantic 85) Inshore lifeboat Tierney Harvey & Sonny Reid (B-907), on station since 2018.