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The RNLI in Kent

he Royal National Lifeboat Institution has had a strong presence in Kent, saving lives at sea in the county since 1826 with eight lifeboat stations currently operating. From the involvement of the Ramsgate and Margate crews in the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940 to the establishment of the Gravesend station in 2002 in response to the disaster Kent has a rich and noble lifeboat

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