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Dover Lifeboat Station
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Dover Lifeboat Station is located in Kent
Dover Lifeboat Station
General information
TypeRNLI Lifeboat Station
LocationDover Lifeboat Station
AddressMarina Curve, Dover, CT17 9FQ
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°7′3.00″N 1°19′10.0″E / 51.1175000°N 1.319444°E / 51.1175000; 1.319444
Opened1855 (RNLI)
Owner Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Website
Dover Lifeboat Station website
Listed Building – Grade II
FeatureClock tower and former lifeboat station
Designated16 December 2009
Reference no.1393606[1]

Dover Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat station[2] located in the town of Dover in the English county of Kent.[3] The station first opened in 1837, coming under the RNLI’s control in 1855.[4]

Among the awards won by Dover's crews over the years are 19 RNLI medals for bravery, 6 silver and 13 bronze, the last being awarded in 1998.[5]

  1. ^ Historic England, "Clock tower and former lifeboat station (1393606)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 May 2024
  2. ^ "Dover Lifeboat Station". Official Dover RNLI website. RNLI. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  3. ^ OS Explorer Map 138 – Dover, Folkestone & Hythe.Published: Ordnance Survey – Southampton. ISBN 978 0 319 2351 26.
  4. ^ Heroes All! – The story of the RNLI. Author: Beilby, Alec. Publisher: 1992, Patrick Stephens Ltd – Part of the Haynes Publishing Group.Work: Chapter 18 – The Lifeboat Stations – Part 2 The Kent Stations, Dover, Pages 164. ISBN 1 85260 419 0
  5. ^ "Dover Lifeboat Station: History". Official Dover RNLI website. RNLI. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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