The RNLI had stationed a lifeboat at Brixham, the boathouse was built at the Ladies Bathing Cove and was equipped with a motor lifeboat which is floating vessel.
The RNLI had stationed a lifeboat at Brixham in 1866 but ten years later they opened a second station on Torbay. The boathouse was built at the Ladies Bathing Cove (Beacon Cove) on a site donated by Sir Lawrence Palk and the lifeboat arrived on 22 May 1876. Brixham was equipped with a motor lifeboat in 1922 which could cover a larger sea area in more extreme conditions. This means that the boats are designed to operate with water inside the boat hull and rely on flotation tanks rather than hull displacement to stay afloat and upright. In modern naval terms, a boat is a vessel small enough to be carried aboard a ship. 
