5464 x 3070 px | 46,3 x 26 cm | 18,2 x 10,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
5 octobre 2024
Lieu:
The Strand, Walmer, Deal, Kent
Informations supplémentaires:
Walmer Lifeboat Station is located on The Strand on Walmer promenade, in the county of Kent. Following an appeal, a station was established here by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1856. The station currently operates two Inshore lifeboats, the B-class (Atlantic 85) Donald McLauchlan (B-808) since 2006, and the D-class (IB1) Duggie Rodbard II (D-794) since 2016. The last All-weather lifeboat at Walmer was the RNLB Hampshire Rose (ON 1024). Launching 132 times in 15 years, she would save 57 lives. In 1964, a D-class (RFD PB16) Inshore lifeboat had been placed at Walmer. When the Hampshire Rose was retired from service on 5 May 1990, she was replaced with the addition of a B-class (Atlantic 21) lifeboat, and Walmer was permanently established as an Inshore lifeboat station. The boathouse was extended in 1992, to accommodate the Talus Atlantic 85 DO-DO launch carriage. A new Atlantic 21, RNLB James Burgess (B-589), was also placed on service in 1992, in the same year as a visit by the Queen Mother as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and on 22 January 1997 a new D-class (EA16) lifeboat, RNLB Lord Kitchener (D-514), was placed on service. Most recently, Atlantic 85-class lifeboat, RNLB Donald Mclauchlan (B-808) was placed on station in December 2006, with a new D-class (IB1), RNLB Duggie Rodbard II (D-794) arriving in 2016
