Minehead Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Minehead, Somerset in England. The first lifeboat was stationed in the town in 1901 but since 1976 two inshore lifeboats (ILBs) have been operated, a B Class rigid-hulled boat and an inflatable D Class.

Minehead is on the Somerset coast at the east end of the cliffs of Exmoor. The RNLI built a boathouse at a cost of £785 in 1901. For two years the boat was launched across the beach using skids but from 1903 a carriage was provided. The boat house was modified in 1950 by the addition of a garage for the tractor that now pulled the lifeboat in and out of the sea. In 1993 the building was modified again to take a new boat and the opportunity was taken to modernise the crew facilities and add a gift shop alongside.

In 1939 the station's pulling and sailing boat was withdrawn and replaced by a motor lifeboat. In December 1941 the lifeboat's coxswain and signaller took the coxswain's own boat out in response to reports of wreckage, but it struck a naval mine and was sunk with the loss of both their lives.

In 1970 an ILB was allocated to the station; it was kept in the tractor garage. This proved a success so on 20 May 1973 the all-weather lifeboat was withdrawn. The following year a second, larger ILB arrived. It was the first RNLI station to use a Tooltrak tractor to launch its D-class lifeboat. This replaced an older Argocat tractor in 2011.

Fundraising started in 2021 to modernise the facilities and to enlarge the boat house so that both lifeboats could be launched more quickly.

The stone-built boat house is situated at the western end of the town beyond the harbour where there is access to water at all states of the tide. There is a hard standing in front of the boat house but boats are taken down the pebble beach when launched. The original boat house has been extended with a garage at the back and a fund-raising gift shop on the west side.

The Atlantic 85 can be launched in Force 7 winds (Force 6 at night) and can operate at up to 35 knots (65 km/h) for 2½ hours. Adjacent lifeboats are at Ilfracombe Lifeboat Station to the west, and Burnham-on-Sea Lifeboat Station to the east. If a larger all-weather boat is needed in the area it may come from Ilfracombe or across the Bristol Channel from Barry Dock.

At Minehead	ON	Name	Built	Class	Comments
1901–1927	477	George Leicester	1901	Liverpool
1927–1930	494	Reserve No.9F	1902	Liverpool	Previously named Hopwood. It was the Portrush Lifeboat from 1902 until 1924. It was sold in 1934 and was last reported converted to a yacht on the River Thames in 1977 carrying the name Gladrian.
1930–1939	626	Arthur Lionel	1912	Liverpool	First stationed at Saint Peter Port.
1939–1951	816	Kate Greatorex	1939	Surf	Minehead's first motor lifeboat. Sold in 1952 and awaiting restoration at Migennes in France.
1951–1973	882	B.H.M.H.	1951	Liverpool	Minehead's second and last motor lifeboat. Became part of the RNLI relief fleet in 1973 then stationed at Clogherhead from 1981. Sold in 1984 and now on the River Thames at Chiswick named Queen Eilene.

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  Richard and Elizabeth Deaves (2007–2023)
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  Christine (2009–2020)

At Minehead	Op. No.	Name	Class	Model	Comments
1970–1983	D-177	—	D	RFD PB16
1974–1978	C-500	—	C	Zodiac IV	The first C-class lifeboat in 1972, it initially carried Op. No. D-500.
1979–1994	B-544	Catherine Plumbley	B	Atlantic 21	Remained in use until 1998, mostly in the relief fleet.
1984–1992	D-295	—	D	RFD PB16
1992–1999	D-420	Leslie D	D	EA16
1994–2007	B-708	Bessie	B	Atlantic 75	Stationed at Baltimore until 2012.
1999–2009	D-549	George and Christine	D	EA16
2007–2023	B-824	Richard and Elizabeth Deaves	B	Atlantic 85
2009–2020	D-712	Christine	D	IB1
2020–	D-847	Exmoor Belle	D	IB1
2023–	B-939	Penny J II	B	Atlantic 85

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