Whitstable Lifeboat Station
Whitstable Lifeboat Station is an RNLI station located in the Whitstable in the English county of Kent.[1] The station was established in 1963.[2] The current lifeboat on the station is a B-class (Atlantic 85) which is named Lewisco (B-877) which has been on the station since 2014.[3]
Fleet
Dates in service |
Class |
Op No |
Name |
1963–1974 |
D-class (RFD PB16) |
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Unnamed |
1974–1984 |
Atlantic 21-class |
B-516 |
Un-named |
1984–2000 |
Atlantic 21-class |
B-560 |
British Diver |
2000–2014 |
Atlantic 75-class |
B-764 |
Oxford Town & Gown |
2014–present |
Atlantic 85-class |
B-877 |
Lewisco |
Gallery
- Whistable Lifeboat Station
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Oxford Town and Gown (B 764) Atlantic 75-class lifeboat
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Oxford Town and Gown (B 764) Atlantic 75-class lifeboat, just after launch
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References
- ↑ OS Explorer Map 150 – Canterbury & the Isle of Thanet.Published: Ordnance Survey – Southampton. ISBN 978 0 319 2351 88.
- ↑ "RNLI Lifeboats". Whitstable Lifeboat Station – Home page. RNLI - Copyright 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ↑ "B-Class Atlantic 75 production list". List of the Atlantic 75 lifeboats – Operation No. and place and date of service. Lifeboat World online - Copyright 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.