 Named after the Royal Fleet Auxiliary which was sunk subsequent to being damaged during the Falklands War, it became the last boat to use the original boathouse.By the time the station was awarded its 150 years Vellum by the RNLI in 2002, another new lifeboat house was planned.Having obtained an extended lease from the Crown Estate, the RNLI obtained planning permission from the council to build a new lifeboat station on the site of the demolished Victorian era pleasure pier.