There were originally two separate stations at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston – two coastal towns either side of the River Yare.

In 1825 the Norfolk Association for Saving the Lives of Shipwrecked Mariners stationed its first lifeboat at Great Yarmouth.

[1] During 1993 crew facilities were upgraded, a gift-shop built and a display area created for the former Gorleston lifeboat John and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood (ON 663).

[1] In 1996 Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy officially named the station's new Trent-class lifeboat Samarbeta, Swedish for ‘working together’.

[1] The current lifeboats on station are the Trent-class 14-10 Samarbeta (ON 1208) and the B-class (Atlantic 85) John Rowntree (B-925).

[1] In 1927 lifeboats from Great Yarmouth & Gorleston, Cromer, Southwold and Lowestoft took part in the rescue of the Dutch oil tanker Georgia.