Gravesend Lifeboat Station | |
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General information | |
Type | Lifeboat station |
Location | Royal Terrace Pier |
Address | Royal Pier Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2BG |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°26′41″N 0°22′28″E / 51.44473°N 0.37447°E |
Opened | 2002 |
Owner | RNLI |
Gravesend Lifeboat Station is situated on the Royal Terrace Pier in Gravesend, Kent, on the lower reaches of the River Thames. It is one of the newest lifeboat stations operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), and one of the first to cover a river rather than the sea or estuarial waters.