Arctic 24 Lifeboat - the 'Heather White'

The 'Heather White' was purchased in 2006 after a lot of hard work by the crew and volunteers towards the new lifeboat appeal. She cost over £140,000 in all and was built  in Portsmouth by VT Halmatic.

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The boat arrived in Southport in April 2007 and finally replaced the old lifeboat (Bessie Worthington) in July of the same year.

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As the primary rescue boat at Southport, the 'Heather White' serves an area from the River Mersey to the River Ribble and up to 25 miles off shore.

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Depending on the tide, the lifeboat can be launched within 10 minutes of the pagers going off  and is the quickest rescue boat in the local area.

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In 2018, she underwent a major refit at Habbeke Shipyard in The Netherlands, where new 150 Mariner outboards replaced the 135s, and the navigation system was updated to Raymarine Axiom Pros.