A 32-foot self-righting "pulling and sailing"" lifeboat (one with oars and sails), built by Woolfe of Shadwell and costing £282, was funded by the late Mr John Cuttell, of Holmfirth, Yorkshire, and named after the donor and his sister John and Betty Cuttell (ON 184) at a ceremony on 24 August 1882.

[12] This inquiry, held by the RNLI's district inspector at the Victoria Hotel in Bamburgh, pointed to the reasons for the lifeboat stations closure several years later.

In defence it was said that the location was extremely difficult to launch from, with both men and the wheeled lifeboat carriage getting stuck in the flat sand.

The boat was only launched once, along with the North Sunderland lifeboat Thomas Berwick, on 4 April 1891, to the Ornen, aground at Greehill Rocks.

[1][16] In 2021, car mechanic Chris Mason set off on his own personal challenge to visit every lifeboat station in the UK and Ireland, raising money for the RNLI on the way.