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The Shannon class prototype boat was completed late 2011 when active service was expected to start in mid-2013. In April 2011 it was announced the class would be named after the River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland. This is the first time that the name of an Irish river has been used for a class of RNLI lifeboat.
The Shannon-class All-Weather lifeboat at Rhyl has a top speed of 25 knots (46 km/h). The lifeboat can cover an area from Colwyn Bay (west) to Mostyn (east). North of the station the All-Weather lifeboat covers the Oil and Gas platforms of the Douglas and Hamilton fields, and also the windfarms of North Hoyle; Rhyl Flats; and the Gwynt-Y-Mor ...
A lifeboat was first stationed here by the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (RNIPLS) in 1829. [1] Re-established by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1868, the station currently operates a Shannon-class All-weather lifeboat, 13-42 Ann and James Ritchie II (ON 1349), on station since 2022. [2]
Yet another temporary lifeboat from the relief fleet was assigned to Clifden in 2019, but this time, it was a state-of-the-art €2.4 million Shannon-class lifeboat, 13-21 Brianne Aldington (ON 1328), which arrived on station on 17 August. [10] Clifden received their permanent All-weather lifeboat on 15 May 2022.
Dunmore East Lifeboat Station is located on West Wharf, at the harbour of Dunmore East, County Waterford, on the south coast of Ireland. A lifeboat station was opened here by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1884. [1] Since 2021, it has operated the All-weather Shannon-class lifeboat, 13-41 William and Agnes Wray (ON 1348). [1]
A lifeboat was first stationed at Hoylake by the Liverpool Dock Trustees in 1803. The station was transferred to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1894. [1] The station currently operates a Shannon-class All-weather lifeboat, and a Griffon Type 470TD Hovercraft. [2] Hovercraft H-005 Hurley Spirit on Hoylake beach
A lifeboat was first stationed at Workington by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1886. [1] [2] The station currently operates a davit launched Shannon-class All-weather lifeboat, 13-19 Dorothy May White (ON 1326), on station since 2017, and a D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat, John F. Mortimer (D-767), on station since 2014. [3]
In 2019, following the retirement of Annie Blaker, Wicklow were assigned a Shannon-class lifeboat from the relief fleet. 13-01 Jock and Annie Slater (ON 1308) was placed on station until a permanent boat was assigned. Shannon-class lifeboat 13-27 Joanna and Henry Williams (ON 1334) has been Wicklow's lifeboat since 2020. [1] [11]