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Redcar Lifeboat Station is located on The Esplanade at Redcar, a town on the northern coast of Yorkshire, historically North Yorkshire, now Redcar and Cleveland. A lifeboat was first placed at Redcar in 1802. The lifeboat was operated by the Tees Bay Lifeboat and Shipwreck Society (TBLSS) from 1825. Management of the station was transferred to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1858. A second independent lifeboat operated at Redcar between 1877 and ~1898. The station currently operated two Inshore Lifeboats (ILB); the B-class (Atlantic 85) Leicester Challenge III (B-858), on station since 2012, and a smaller D-class (IB1) Eileen May Loach-Thomas (D-786), on station since 2015.
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Zetland (lifeboat)
The Zetland is the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world. During its time on service, it is estimated to have saved over 500 lives.
It is currently the primary exhibit at the Zetland Lifeboat Museum and Redcar Heritage Centre, a museum in Redcar, England.
The name Zetland comes from the local Lord of Manor, the 1st Earl of Zetland. The Zetland is listed on the National Register of Historic Ships, as part of the National Historic Fleet.
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Redcar
Redcar is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland district. It is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, and is located 7 miles (11 km) east of Middlesbrough.
The Teesside built-up area's Redcar subdivision had a population of 37,073 at the 2011 census. The town is made up of Coatham, Dormanstown, Kirkleatham, Newcomen, West Dyke, Wheatlands and Zetland.
It gained a town charter in 1922, from then until 1968 it was governed by the municipal borough of Redcar. Since the abolition of County Borough of Teesside, which existed from 1968 until 1974, the town has been unparished.
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St Peter's Church, Redcar
St Peter's Church is an Anglican parish church in Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It was designed in 1829 by Ignatius Bonomi from Durham and is dedicated to St. Peter. It is near the seafront and coastline of the North Sea and Yorkshire Coast. It is an active place of worship in the Diocese of York.
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Redcar Pier
Redcar Pier was a Victorian pleasure and landing pier constructed on The Esplanade in the seaside town of Redcar on the north east coast of Yorkshire, England.