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The Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum is housed in the RNLI boathouse, King Edwards Parade. Built in 1898 to commemorate the assassination of the well known actor William Terris outside the Adelphi Theatre in 1897. A display of newspaper cuttings of the the time are in the museum. The building housed an active lifeboat until 1924, when an exhibition lifeboat was put on display.
In 1937 it became the first permanent lifeboat museum in the country. As you enter you will see a description and photos of the two current lifeboats 'The Royal Thames' a Mersey class all weather lifeboat, and the 'Joan and Ted Wiseman' a D Class in shore lifeboat) a record of their rescent services is also on display and is updated each time the lifeboat is launched. Also on display are a number of models.
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