Use our online tool to find the precise location of your loved one’s name in the letters and numbers of Clifden’s lifeboat.
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Your Launch a Memory Clifden updates
Welcome to your updates page, where you can keep track of the Clifden lifeboat.
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Clifden station visits
Your Launch a Memory lifeboat isn’t visible at Clifden Lifeboat Station because it’s moored out in the harbour. This means it’s not possible to view your loved one’s name up close. There’s a billboard featuring full-size replicas of the lifeboat decals outside the station that you can see at any time.
Although we love to share the work we do, we please ask that you don’t turn up to the station expecting to see the lifeboat.
Thank you for your understanding.An emergency 100 nautical miles away
Shortly after the Christmas lights were turned on in Clifden town square, your lifeboat crew were turning on their searchlights. Someone needed urgent hospital treatment and had to be evacuated from the island of Inis Mór.
With the Aran Islands RNLI lifeboat being off service and fog hampering the landing of the Coast Guard helicopter, it was down to your Launch a Memory lifeboat and your Clifden crew to save the day. But to reach the casualty, they’d have to battle gale-force gusts, 3–4m swells and poor visibility for 100 nautical miles.
Over 100 launches in 2024
By the end of November last year, Clifden volunteers had launched 100 times to emergencies at sea and on training exercises. Most call outs in their all-weather Shannon or inshore B class lifeboats ended with positive outcomes. But sadly, despite their efforts to save every one, there were two very challenging shouts in which two lives were lost at sea.
Read more about the difference you and your loved one made to the communities in and around Clifden, even in times of tragedy, during 2024.
Clifden mementos
This special range of Launch a Memory mementos for your Clifden lifeboat are available from the online RNLI Shop.
Whether you buy to treasure or give as a gift, these mementos act as a constant reminder that your loved one is beside the Clifden lifeboat crew, every time they launch.
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Read more about their first shout
Introducing your new Clifden crew
In 2024, volunteer Daniel Whelan qualified as coxswain and volunteers Chris Nee and David O’Reilly qualified as mechanics for your Launch a Memory lifeboat at Clifden.
Daniel’s first shout as coxswain was on the evening of Wednesday 14 August 2024. It was also Chris Nee’s first shout as mechanic. Although part of a physical crew of five, they were also part of a crew of 10,000 loved ones. Loved ones like yours, who are always by their side, in name and in spirit.
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Get the most from Launch a Memory
You can now buy a lifesaving printed keepsake to commemorate the special person you’ve remembered or celebrated on the Clifden Shannon class lifeboat.
Design-wise, you can choose the individual letter or number that your loved one’s name is in or the full lifeboat decal.
Browse the collection
Many people have shared heart-warming stories about why they chose to include the name of someone they miss on the Clifden lifeboat - as well as celebrating their or their loved one’s connection to the RNLI.
Add a dedication
An RNLI Forever by the Sea tribute fund is an online space for you to share treasured stories and photos of your loved one with family and friends. If you want to, you can also use it to help raise funds for the RNLI in their memory.
share your memories and raise funds