Appledore has had a lifeboat since 1825 with boats at Braunton Burrows, Northam Burrows and Appledore in the early years to rescue casualties on each side of the Bideford Bar.  Appledore became the main lifeboat station in 1919, with the first motorised lifeboat arriving in 1922. The fund-raising Guild has existed for as long as the lifeboat station, supporting  the local crew and helping to save lives at sea. Today RNLI Appledore  has three boats, the Tamar-class all weather boat (ALB) 'Mollie Hunt', the Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat (ILB) 'Glanely' and the smaller D-class boarding boat for estuary rescues.