Art Exhibition & Sale At Dungeness RNLI Boathouse

The Lydd Forge Art Society are holding their Art Exhibition and Sale from Saturday 31 July, 2010 until Sunday 8 August 2010 at the Dungeness RNLI boathouse from 10 am until 4 pm, admission is FREE. The exhibitors are local people expressing their artistic skills on canvas and everyone that comes along can actually buy exhibits on the day and with new ones added daily.

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Launched at 22.26 on Wednesday 28 July to search for 2 missing teenagers in a rubber dinghy. Pair found at home at 23.00 when lifeboat returned to shore. Read News Release

Welcome to Dungeness RNLI Lifeboat Station Online

Dungeness Lifeboat Station in Kent guards the Channel from Folkestone to Rye Bay and today operates a Mersey class 'fast' carriage lifeboat Pride and Spirit which came to Dungeness in 1992, it was a generous gift from Eric and Jean Cass. Shore helpers are required to launch and recover the lifeboat, the station also had the country's last lady launchers.

In 1940 the Dungeness Lifeboat Charles Cooper Henderson was also one of 19 lifeboats that took part in the evacuation of forces from Dunkirk.

Last Updated (Tuesday, 27 July 2010 12:51)

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The History Of The Dungeness Lifeboats
Booklet by Jeff Morris

The windswept promontory known as Dungeness, on the south coast of Kent, consists, mainly of shingle, as a result of which, the foreshore is constantly changing. The first lighthouse was bult near the point in 1615, the latest in 1961. There has been a Lifeboat Station at "Dungeness" since 1826, but, over the years, as a result of the ever changing coastline, some 12 different sites have been used for this Station, the present one only dating from 1977.

Last Updated (Sunday, 02 May 2010 17:20)

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