Sheerness RNLI lifeboat station open day.

The volunteer crew of the Sheerness RNLI lifeboat station were kept busy all day welcoming many visitors onboard the Trent Class all weather lifeboat, The George and Ivy Swanson' on Saturday 16 June and were on hand to answer any questions they had about the stations "D" class lifeboat which was also present.
With the Sheerness boathouse being situated inside the Docks the station is unfortunately out of bounds to visitors and so the Lifeboats were taken the short distance to the Queenborough all tide landing where they were moored for most of the day allowing hundreds of visitors to come along and view them and also meet the crew members.
The open day was run in conjunction with the Queenborough Independence Day celebrations which is an annual event marking the handing back of the town from the Dutch 300 years after the actual event in 1697.

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