Runswick Lifeboat Station

Runswick RNLI Lifeboat Station was located in the village of Runswick Bay, approximately 7 mi (11 km) north-west of Whitby, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. A lifeboat station was established here in 1866 by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). In 1978, the nearby lifeboat station at Staithes was reopened as in Inshore lifeboat station, and renamed Staithes and Runswick Lifeboat Station. The Runswick All-weather lifeboat 37-11 The Royal Thames (ON 978) was withdrawn, and Runswick Lifeboat Station closed. Following a meeting of the local population, and with the view that a rescue service was still required, the Independent Runswick Bay Rescue Boat was established in 1982.