 Walmer's last all-weather lifeboat was the RNLB "Hampshire Rose".In 1964 an inshore lifeboat (ILB) station was established with a .The RNLB "Hampshire Rose" was retired from service on 5 May 1990 and, with the addition of a "B"-class  lifeboat (for whose launching rig the boathouse was then extended in 1992), Walmer was permanently established as an inshore lifeboat station.