Maryport Lifeboat Station

Maryport Lifeboat Station, is located on Marine Road at the harbour in Maryport, a town approximately 27 miles (43 km) south-west of Carlisle, sitting just outside the Lake District National Park, and overlooking the Solway Firth on the north-west coast of Cumberland, Cumbria. A lifeboat station was first established at Maryport in 1865, by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), but closed in 1949 after 84 years of operation. In 1978, with local support, a lifeboat service was re-established at Maryport, initially known as Maryport Inshore Rescue Boat, now Maryport Rescue, and is housed in the old RNLI boathouse on Marine Road. The station currently operates E-ON Spirit of Maryport, a 9 m (30 ft) Marine Specialist Technology (MST) Rescue 900 Rigid inflatable boat, on station since 2008, and a smaller Zodiac Inflatable boat, Maryport ERB.