This lifeboat was a 37ft x 9ft self-righter built by Forrest of Limehouse at a cost of £394.00. The station was opened on 18th November by Baroness Bolsover where a large crowd gathered to see her pulled through the streets to a new boathouse, costing £487.00 next to the Coastguard Station. Her first call came that same evening to sighted red flares near the Sunk light vessel 12 miles offshore.

 LEFT: Crew of H.A.C outside the boathouse 1884 led by Coxswain Britton.

Her most notable rescue was to German Barque Deike Rickmers that ran aground on the Longsand. They launched at 7pm on Christmas Day 1884 rescuing the crew of 25 & a dog, finally returning home on Boxing day at 8pm after being out for 24 hours.This Lifeboat continued in service until 5th July 1900.

This Lifeboat was a 43ft Norfolk & Suffolk class built by Thames Iron Works at Canning Town for a cost of £1420.00. This was one of 20 boats provided from the legacy of Mr James Stevens of Birmingham. This boat was put afloat on the south side of the pier & reached by a boarding boat. This move was a direct result of the private lifeboat True To The Core which was moored on the north side of the pier.

In August 1905 the RNLI decided to fit a 40hp Blake petrol engine into her at a cost of £575.00. She returned back on station in October 1908 after successful trials. Her most famous rescue was on 29th December 1917 when she saved 92 passengers from the steamer Peregrine aground on the Long Sand in a easterly gale. The James Stevens No14 has had a varied career since being replaced in 1928 (harbour launch, private yacht & house boat) then being returned to Walton in May 1998 where she is being fully restored as the oldest surviving motor lifeboat. See Links Page.

 The EMED was a 43ft x 13ft Ramsgate built by J S White of Cowes IOW at a cost of £8,700 & fitted with 2 x 40hp petrol engines. This boat had a shallow draught for working the sands off the east coast with one being stationxed at Ramsgate & at Southend.

 Her most notable rescue were from the barges Esterel & Martha in 1939 and 1941, to a naval fishing vessel in 1945 & to a barge Will Everard in 1947. She was one of the RNLI Lifeboats that went to Dunkirk ferrying troops from the harbours to the large troop ships, she was manned by navel crew in these times. In 1953 she was then sold to Chilean Lifeboats where she remained in service for many years stationed at Valpariso.

 This class was a Watson lifeboat 46ft x 12ft with twin 40hp diesel engines built by JS White at a cost of £28,000. She was a gift from Augustine Courtauld.

 This lifeboat was a Solent class founded by the City of Birmingham Appeal costing £72,000 & built by Camper & Nicholson of Portsmouth. This Lifeboat had a very busy time stationed here at Walton. Her most notable launches were to the radio ships moored of this coast (Radio Caroline) The Ross Revenge. Her last launch was in July 1993 to a capsized dinghy of Frinton rescuing 4 out of the water this being the last lives saved by a 9knt lifeboat around the coast. She was then sold to Uruguary operating out of Puerto De Colonia for many years.

This Lifeboat was the new Tyne class 47ft fitted with twin 425hp GM 8V71Ti engines with a speed of 17knts. She was built at Fairy Allday Marine on IOW at a cost of £430,000. Its most notable call was in 1994 to the yacht Sadness who had run aground on the Long Sand in a strong north easterly.The Lifeboat pulled her way across the shallow sands & reached the 2 survivers hanging onto the guard rails. As the Lifeboat was coming away the yachts mast & rigging fell onto the lifeboat causing severe damage & disabling one off her engines. This was Brian Oxleys first call as Coxswain.

Our present boat is still a Tyne class with twin Detriot 525hp turbo diesels. She was built in 1990 at Souters IOW costing £590,000. This was a legacy from Mr Kenneth Thelwall.