Lucy Lavers Lifeboat

Lucy Lavers is a single-screw Liverpool type  Life-boat, built in 1940 for Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station.  Her first service was the Dunkirk Rescue operation. She later served as a relief Lifeboat at Wells-next-the-Sea and elsewhere on the East Coast. She has been donated to us for restoration by the Dunkirk Little Ships Restoration Trust. Our first project is to restore Dunkirk Veteran Lucy Lavers to her former glory and our second project to take her back to Dunkirk by sea encouraging visitors and schools involvement on the way. 

Lucy Lavers background and photos 

Lucy Lavers construction 

Work started on Lucy Lavers

Return to Dunkirk 2015

Finding Lucy Lavers

Supporting Lucy Lavers restoration

News & Events

Latest news! Simon Neale's Fundraising Row on May 19 in Wells....successfully completed in an astonishing 2 hours!! Congratulations Simon. The meeting on March 23 for potential volunteers for Visitor Centre went well - there will be others.    We are delighted to have been awarded a Heritage Lottery Grant to restore, film and tell the story of Lifeboat Lucy Lavers.

See our Summer Newsletter here.....Crab boat Pegasus has been generously donated to us by Bernard Thain and family, Graeme Peart has very kindly donated whelker Harvester (above) and Ernie Dewhurst crab boat Star.......Mark Harrison is refurbishing the former Officers' Mess at the Old Military Camp in Stiffkey that we will use as a Visitor Centre .......Witham Oil & Paint Ltd as well as Marine & Industrial LLP are kindly supporting us with material .....We are looking for volunteers to help in many ways - do contact us if interested. 

Donations given in memory of David Jesson.

Education, Films & Photos

We are creating an educational film and photo archive of these working boats (see catalogue). We have filmed lifeboat crew members who have served on Lucy Lavers and other lifeboats and fishermen who made their living using boats like Black Beauty crab boat (above), donated to RESCUE WOODEN BOATS by Andy Frary, and whelker Bessie. We will film the restoration of Lucy Lavers and post the films here. These will soon be accompanied by education packs for schools to help them use the films and plan visits to see the maritime history and boat restoration.

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