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Next Lifeboat Exercises
Wednesday 30 May at 18.00 hours
Sunday 03 June at 10.00 hours
Dungeness tide predictions
Live weather - 2 miles from station
Latest Lifeboat Shout
Launched on Sunday 20 May at 03.53 to assist catamaran snared in fishing ropes.
Shannon Class Lifeboat Videos
Dungeness has been chosen as the home for the first Shannon class RNLI lifeboat in the south east, following an RNLI coast review.
For more information read the Lifeboats News Release - 29 July 2011
Read about Supacat Trials at Dungeness RNLI Lifeboat Station during July and August 2011
RNLI Shannon class lifeboat self-righting trial - January 2012, video created by RNLI Skegness
Last year we brought you the news that the new class of RNLI lifeboat will be named the 'Shannon'. Trials for the prototype of this lifeboat, the 'FCB2', are now well underway. A couple of weeks ago, we put the FCB2 through her paces to see how she'd fare in a capsize trial - this video below shows footage captured during the capsize from six different angles, including within the wheelhouse of the boat and from the crane that lowered her into the water.
RNLI Video footage captured during the capsize from six different angles