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Poole Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Poole, Dorset in England. The first lifeboat was stationed at Poole Harbour in 1865 and the present station was opened in 1988. Since November 2016 it has operated two inshore lifeboats, an Atlantic 85 and a D class.
An all-weather lifeboat station with a slipway for launching. Inshore lifeboat station, which uses a carriage to launch lifeboats. Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) stations are the bases for the RNLI's fleet of search and rescue lifeboats that cover the coastal waters around the entire British Isles, as well as major inland waterways.
This is a list of former RNIPLS stations (dates up to 1854) and RNLI stations (dates from 1854), primarily those where the RNLI has ceased operations from that particular location, village or town. Some RNLI sites, where the station is still in operation, but not necessarily at the original location, will be included in the List of RNLI stations .
Sandbanks was the third place in the world to have a permanent wireless station (1899). The Royal National Lifeboat Institution stationed a lifeboat at Sandbanks in 1865. The crew had to travel from Poole in a horse-drawn carriage whenever it was launched so a new Poole Lifeboat Station was opened at Fisherman's Dock on Poole Quay in 1882. [5]
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Tower Lifeboat Station on the River Thames in London is the RNLI's busiest; in 2013 crews rescued 372 people and saved 25 lives. [71] Many other stations have been operated by the RNLI but have since closed as demands changed. Some of these locations now have an independent lifeboat service.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Poole Lifeboat Station; S. Swanage Lifeboat Station; W. Weymouth Lifeboat Station
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