Sgt. Bob Martin

Sgt. Bob Martin, The Lifeboat Fund's 50th lifeboat, went into service on 4 December 2008 at the Poole Lifeboat Station, Dorset.  The lifeboat is named in memory of Sgt. Bob Martin, a Chelsea Pensioner who raised £200,000 for the RNLI.  Sgt. Bob Martin is an Atlantic 85 rigid inflatable lifeboat.

We support The Fund because...

Laura Turney of Scottish Government's Culture Division told us - 

"I support the Fund because my great grandfather, John Harrison Cammish, died whilst serving on the Scarborough lifeboat.

"Late afternoon on the 8th December 1954, in horrendous weather, after successfully escorting a number of fishing boats into...

The Lifeboat Fund Events

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