Walmer Lifeboat Station, The Strand, Walmer, Kent
On 15th February 1865 a new lifeboat was sailed from London to Deal by her new Coxswain Robert Wilds and was christened Van Kook. This new lifeboat would be stationed at North Deal. To help provide additional lifeboat cover for the Goodwin Sands it was decided by the RNLI Committee of Management on 6th July 1865 to open a Lifeboat Station at Kingsdown, with a lifeboat christened Sabrina finally arriving on station in 1866. A new 12-oared self-righter lifeboat arrived at Walmer in October 1871, built by Forrest and cost £342. This new Walmer lifeboat was provided out of an anonymous gift and was christened Centurion. A new brick boathouse was built 70 yards to the south of the original wooden boathouse to accommodate Centurion. The old wooden boathouse was dismantled and re-erected at North Deal, near to Sandown existing stone building at Walmer is of a Neo-Gothic architectural style and appears very similar to St Saviour's Church, which stands directly opposite along The Strand in the Conservation Area of Lower Walmer. The fountain that is positioned on the front driveway to Walmer lifeboat station was placed there in 1882 as a gift by Catharine Brooke. Walmer ceased to be an All-weather lifeboat station in 1990, with the departure of the Hampshire Rose. An extension was made to the building in 1990 to accommodate an Atlantic 21 lifeboat, with its carriage and tractor. The extension was opened by Major General Castle. In 2006, Walmer lifeboat station celebrated its 150th anniversary and also saw the arrival of two new inshore lifeboats, an Atlantic 85 lifeboat Donald McLauchlan and a smaller D-Class rigid inflatable lifeboat Duggie Rodband.
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Location: Walmer Lifeboat Station, The Strand, Walmer, Kent
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