[2] The station is located in the marina area of Brighton and is co-ordinated from H.M. Coastguard at Lee-on-Solent.

A lifeboat station was first established by the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (RNIPLS) in 1825, operating until 1837.

[6] Previously funded by Mr. John Godlee, with a £50 donation from Lloyd's of London, and with both parties in agreement, the boat was transferred to Brighton, arriving in 1909.

[4] The Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (RNIPLS), the forerunner of the RNLI, first opened a lifeboat station in Brighton in 1825.

An Arch under the east promenade was provided as a boathouse by Brighton Town Council for a peppercorn rent of one-shilling per annum.

Funded from money raised by Sunday School children, the lifeboat was named Robert Raikes after the philanthropist and Anglican layman.

24,000 children were present when the boat was formally handed to the RNLI at the Agricultural Hall, in Islington.

A new boathouse, with a flat roof, was constructed on the beach, opposite the Bedford Hotel, close to the West Pier.

The boat, which cost £650, had been funded by the customers of 'The Rising Sun' public-house in London, and was kept in one of the promenade arches.

[9] A McLachlan-class lifeboat (A-509) was placed on service until the Atlantic 21 Lions International (B-539) became fully operational in 1979.

[5] In 1981 a permanent boathouse was constructed and a temporary shelter was installed on the nearby quayside to house the crew facilities.

Atlantic 75-class lifeboat Thelma Glossop (B-737) was transferred to Loch Ness in 2011, where she served for another 2 years.