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Gravesend Lifeboat Station

Gravesend Lifeboat Station

Gravesend is one of the RNLI’s newest lifeboat stations and one of four lifeboat stations operating on the River Thames – the first stations to specifically cover a river rather than estuarial waters or the sea.
RNLI pager on a chart with a pair of dividers

Latest lifeboat launch

10.54pm 18 January 2022

Recent launches from Gravesend Lifeboat Station

10.54pm 18 January 2022
2.33pm 14 January 2022
7.20pm 7 January 2022
9.26pm 2 January 2022
9.26pm 2 January 2022
3.05pm 29 December 2021
11.22pm 23 December 2021
12.28am 19 December 2021
7.27pm 15 December 2021
6.54pm 10 December 2021
6.59pm 20 November 2021
11.25pm 8 November 2021
6.14pm 8 October 2021
7.35am 4 October 2021
7.05am 18 September 2021
11.46pm 11 September 2021
7.31pm 9 September 2021
6.31pm 29 August 2021
3.31pm 27 August 2021
9.20pm 15 August 2021

Today's weather

9°C Cloudy
Min: 3°C Max: 9°C
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Visitor information and facilities

Station address

Gravesend Lifeboat Station
Royal Pier Road
Gravesend
Kent
DA12 2BG

Station phone number

01474 328465

Visiting times

By appointment only

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News and media from Gravesend Lifeboat Station

Boats on Fire at Teddington Lock, River Thames
Article Lifeboats
Teddington RNLI Assists in Teddington Lock Boat Fires
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Article Events
London lifeboat crew to feature in Eastenders anniversary special
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The dolphin on an inflatable raft at the side of the hovercraft.
Article Animals
Southend RNLI hovercraft flies to the rescue of two stranded dolphins
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Yacht broken from moorings in shipping channel.
Video Lifeboats
Gravesend RNLI tow drifting vessel after breaking from moorings
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Events around Gravesend Lifeboat Station

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