Sheerness Lifeboat Station
Sheerness Lifeboat Station is at Garrison Point in the old dockyard at Sheerness, on the Isle of Sheppey, where the River Medway meets the Thames Estuary. Its lifeboats cover a huge area of busy shipping lanes, sandbanks and tidal flats in the outer estuary.
History
The station was established in 1969, when the RAF withdrew its search and rescue helicopters from RAF Manston and the RNLI placed extra lifeboats on the Thames Estuary to fill the gap. It has grown into one of the busiest stations on the east coast. Since 2021 it has operated a Shannon-class all-weather lifeboat, Judith Copping Joyce, alongside a D-class inshore lifeboat.
Visiting
Garrison Point is within the working port, but the lifeboat can often be seen from the seafront at Sheerness, which looks out over the estuary to Southend.
About island lifeboat stations
All lifeboat stations →On islands, the lifeboat is often the only help that can reach someone in trouble at sea, and island lifeboat crews cover some of the most exposed waters around Britain and Ireland. Here you will find the lifeboat stations on the islands we cover, with their history and the boats they launch.
