[1] A station was first opened at Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire in 1825, by the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (RNIPLS).

[2] In 1825, just one year after its founding by Sir William Hillary Bt., the RNIPLS decided to establish a lifeboat station at Gibraltar Point in Lincolnshire.

This stretch of the British coastline has many shoals and constantly changing sandbanks, many of which lie between the town and the East Dudgeon Lightship.

[3] A boathouse was constructed, and a 24-foot non-self-righting Norfolk and Suffolk-class lifeboat was provided, built by William Plenty of Newbury, Berkshire, at a cost of £130.

[4] In 1827, the management of the station was passed to the newly created Lincolnshire Coast Shipwreck Association, which was founded on 31 July.

Some difficulty was encountered launching the Gibraltar Point lifeboat into the rough conditions, not helped by a broken carriage wheel.

A new station was created at Skegness, just 3 mi (5 km) to the north, with the boathouse being reconstructed among the sand dunes, at a location now called Lifeboat Avenue.

The cost of removing the boathouse was £28.00[4] On 18 October 1854, the lifeboat crew launched to assist the stricken brig Atlanta, which had been driven onto the shore in a gale, three miles north of Skegness.

[4] On 5 December 1875, the lifeboat Herbert Ingram launched at 6:00am to the aid of the Colchester barge Star, which had been driven aground in a gale.

[2] In 1990, it was decided that the cover for this area of the Lincolnshire coast would be greatly improved with the placing of a Mersey-class All-weather lifeboat at Skegness.

The Inshore lifeboat was also housed within the same building, which also has improved crew and equipment facilities, and a souvenir shop to help with branch fundraising.

[10] On 20 May 2016, the Skegness D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat, RNLB Peterborough Beer Festival IV (D-739) was taking part in a search for a missing person, when a fire started on board, which spread rapidly.

[14] On 27 December 1965, the BP jackup oil rig Sea Gem collapsed, approximately 47 miles north-west off the Norfolk town of Cromer.