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Tynemouth RNLI station is situated on the East Quayside at North Shields on the River Tyne The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea.

We provide a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service around the coasts of the UK and RoI, as well as a seasonal lifeguard service on many of the busiest beaches in England and Wales. The RNLI also works to promote sea and beach safety and has an ongoing Respect the Water campaign which aims to reduce UK & Eire coastal drownings by half, by 2024.

23/10/2026

Great advice from our flank station!

17/10/2026

Huge thank you to everyone who came to our quiz night last night! The room was packed and over £800 raised for Tynemouth RNLI! Huge well done to our fundraising team for putting on an amazing night!

14/10/2026

Congratulations to Dave on passing out as Tier 1 crew on both our ALB and ILB this week! A lot of hard work went into passing out on both boats at the same time! Learning anchoring, towing, mooring and berthing and the actions needed to be a solid crew member in any situation. Well done Dave!

13/10/2026

Tynemouth RNLI volunteer takes part in crew exchange in Iceland!

At the end of September, one of our crew members Gordon, went to Iceland to take part in the International Maritime Rescue Foundations exchange with Slysavarnafélagið Landsbjörg, also known as ICE-SAR.

Gordon explained that the trip was a once in a lifetime experience, learning experiences from both Iceland and other crews who were on the exchange. An incredible opportunity! You can read more about it in the link below 👇

https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2026/october/08/tynemouth-rnli-volunteer-takes-part-in-search-and-rescue-exchange-in-iceland

10/10/2026

🚨📟 Callout 93 of 2026 🚨📟

Today at 7:40 am, Tynemouth inshore lifeboat was tasked to search for a missing person off South shields, conducting a shore line search along the beaches and cliffs along the coast.

After 3 hours of searching with nothing seen, the lifeboat was sent for a crew change to take over the search. At this point our ALB launched along with Maritime and Coastguard Agency helicopter rescue 912 and RNLI - Sunderland Lifeboat Station to conduct a further search offshore. A comprehensive search was undertaken, before all asset's we're stood down at 16:00

Long day for our crews, but if you need assistance the coast dial 999 and ask for the coastguard

07/10/2026

Huge thank you to Kingsteighton Knit and Knatter who are supporting RNLI Exmouth by sending us knitted hats! They'll go great for the cold nights in the North East!

We're recruiting for launch authorities! If you're interested in joining our crew use the link below!

https://volunteering.rnli.org/vacancy/launch-authority-tynemouth-620450.html

27/09/2026

Meet some of our new trainees here at Tynemouth RNLI! Back in July of this year we took on 7 new trainees to our station. At the back we have (L-R) Craig and Dave, with (L-R) Dan, James and Louise, with Gareth and Lily who are not pictured. They all joined as shore crew to begin with and are progressing towards different boat plans on completion of there shore crew moduels

Today we took them out on both our ALB and ILB to give them some much needed sea time! Great to have you all with us!

26/09/2026

🚨📟 Callout 90 of 2026 🚨📟

On Thursday the 24th September, both Tynemouth inshore and all weather Lifeboats were tasked to a suspected vessel on fire in the Tyne anchorage. Both Lifeboats headed to scene along with the Tyne Pilot boat.

On arrival no vessel on fire could be spotted. It was determined by speaking back with the first informant, that as a ship in the anchorage started its engines with the resulting smoke and the orange deck lights, from ashore it could have been mistaken for a fire. Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade were also on scene to direct the Lifeboats.

On confirmation that no vessel was in danger, both boats stood down. False alarm but with good intent. If you need assistance by the coast dial 999 and ask for the coastguard.

17/09/2026

🚨📟 Shout 89 of 2026 📟🚨

Today at 11:38, Tynemouth ALB was requested to launch to a sailing vessel that had suffered mechanical failure. The vessel was making way on sail but needed escorting and taking back to the River Tyne. The lifeboat made its way to the vessel, which was just off Sunderland and followed it back to the River Tyne, before taking it under tow back to Royal Quays Marina.

If you need assistance by the coast dial 999 and ask for the coastguard

Address

East Fish Quay
North Shields
NE301JA

Website

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rnli-tynemouth

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