Helen is registered as an Historical Vessel and also registered as a heritage conservation charity, as being of an Important Historical Heritage. We are in the process of restoring her to her former glory. The Helen Wycherley Heritage Association are looking to offer historical educational and vocational tours, offering respite for Mental Health, young children with ADHD and disadvantaged families/children. This will include trips out, educational environmental tours of the coastal areas and Private charter weekends.
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“Helen Wycherley” is a Historical Iconic Lifeboat, built in 1956, and commissioned by Watson on
behalf of the R.N.L.I, Launched in 1961 in Whitehills. This Lifeboat was funded by the estate of the late Helen Wycherley.
Why may you ask, is this name so important?
Mrs Helen Wycherley was the founder member and also became president of the Women’s Lifeboat
Institute Guild which still thrives to this day. Helen was also an honorary president for the Rochdale Conservative Women’s Association.
In times past, lifeboat crew were of male descendants and women were not able to assist. This being so, Helen wanted desperately to help the heroic lifeboat men, so she started to support the R.N.L.I ashore with other duties, launching and retrieving boats from shouts, looking after casualties, and fundraising. This was popular with other women and the Women’s Lifeboat Institute Guild was born.
Spending most of her life devoted to supporting the R.N.L.I, being the founder member, she was appointed president. Upon her departure from this life, her wish was to have a lifeboat built in her
name and to be named as such.
Helen is registered as an Historical Vessel and also registered as a heritage conservation charity, as being of an Important Historical Heritage.
We are in the process of restoring her to her former glory. Being moored in the centre of Whitby UK, it has become an iconic mark in the Harbour with people from all over the country coming to look and take photos. She has been left for over 25 years without any work and was getting into disrepair. We have rescued her and taken on the project as Helen has so much history to offer.
We wish to restore Helen to her former glory for all to view.
The Helen Wycherley Heritage Association are looking to offer historical educational and vocational tours, offering respite for Mental Health, young children with ADHD and disadvantaged families/children.
This will include trips out, educational environmental tours of the coastal areas and Private charter weekends.