Brighton Lifeboat Station

Brighton Lifeboat Station is an RNLI station located in the town of Brighton in the English county of East Sussex in the United Kingdom. The station currently operates as an inshore lifeboat station but was originally a station for an all-weather lifeboat, however this boat was withdrawn in 1931. The original station was established in 1825. The current lifeboat (2014) is the Atlantic 85 RNLB Random Harvest (ON 852)LocationThe station is located in the marina area of the town and is co-ordinated from HM Coastguards at Lee-on-Solent. Being an inshore station, the majority of the station's services are within two miles of the station, often to leisure boats or beach-goers who have got into difficulties. The station is, on average, called to service sixty times a year. The present boathouse and station facilities were constructed and opened in 2000 at a cost of £299, 775. HistoryThe National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, the fore-runner of the RNLI, first opened a lifeboat station in Brighton in 1824. The lifeboat supplied to this inaugural service was kept in a cave close to the Chain Pier. This was the first time that a lifeboat had been housed in a cave in Britain and the service operated from here until 1837, following the construction of the great Madeira sea-wall and Madeira Drive which had begun 1830. In 1837 the lifeboat was withdrawn from the town and it was not until 1858 that another station was opened in the town.

Brighton Lifeboat Station is an RNLI station located in the town of Brighton in the English county of East Sussex in the United Kingdom. The station currently operates as an inshore lifeboat station but was originally a station for an all-weather lifeboat, however this boat was withdrawn in 1931. The original station was established in 1825. The current lifeboat (2014) is the Atlantic 85 RNLB Random Harvest (ON 852)LocationThe station is located in the marina area of the town and is co-ordinated from HM Coastguards at Lee-on-Solent. Being an inshore station, the majority of the station's services are within two miles of the station, often to leisure boats or beach-goers who have got into difficulties. The station is, on average, called to service sixty times a year. The present boathouse and station facilities were constructed and opened in 2000 at a cost of £299, 775. HistoryThe National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, the fore-runner of the RNLI, first opened a lifeboat station in Brighton in 1824. The lifeboat supplied to this inaugural service was kept in a cave close to the Chain Pier. This was the first time that a lifeboat had been housed in a cave in Britain and the service operated from here until 1837, following the construction of the great Madeira sea-wall and Madeira Drive which had begun 1830. In 1837 the lifeboat was withdrawn from the town and it was not until 1858 that another station was opened in the town.