Sheerness Lifeboat Station

Sheerness Lifeboat Station
RNLI Lifeboat station
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Country	England
County	Kent
Region	South East England
District	Swale
Town	Sheerness
Location	Sheerness Lifeboat Station, Sheerness Docks, Garrison Point, Sheerness, ME12 1RS
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Founded	1969
Date	1971 (Station opened)
Owner	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
For public	Not open to the Public
Visitation	By appointment only
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Sheerness Lifeboat Station is an RNLI station located in the town of Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in the English county of Kent. The station is on the north coast of the county, strategically placed at the mouth of the River Medway and close the busy Thames estuary. It is a relatively new station only being established in 1969 when a lifeboat was stationed in the Harbour.

Evaluation

In 1969 the Institution decided to send a lifeboat to Sheerness for evaluation. That lifeboat was the Ernest William and Elizabeth Ellen Hinde (ON 1017). Following a successful appraisal the RNLI decided to establish a permanent station in 1971.

Fleet

All Weather lisfeboats

Dates in service	Class	ON	Op. No.	Name	Comments
1969	Keith Nelson-class	ON 1017	40-001	Ernest William and Elizabeth Ellen Hinde	Boat on station for evaluation prior to establishment of station
1971–1974	46ft Watson-class	ON 847		Gertrude
1974–1996	Waveney-class	ON 1027	44-009	Helen Turnbull
1996–present	Trent-class	ON 1211	14-13	George and Ivy Swanson

Inshore lifeboats

Dates in service	Class	Op. No.	Name
1972–1977	D-class (RFD PB16)	D-145	unnamed
1977–1988	D-class (Zodiac III)	D-253	unnamed
1988–1996	D-class (EA16)	D-362	Kensington Rescuer
1996–2006	D-class (EA16)	D-513	Seahorse I
2006–present	D-class (IB1)	D-662	Eleanor