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The Shannon-class lifeboat [1] (previously FCB2 – Fast Carriage Boat 2) is the latest class of lifeboat currently being deployed to the RNLI fleet to serve the shores of the British Isles. The Shannon class is due to replace most Mersey-class lifeboats and some Trent-class lifeboats.
The lowering of Lifeboat 9 at 1:20 a.m., [31] at the same time as Lifeboat 12, carried 40 passengers aboard and was supervised by Murdoch, Moody and Purser Hugh McElroy. [77] Boatswain's Mate Albert Hames was put in charge with Able Seaman George McGough at the tiller. [ 62 ]
Originally known as North Sunderland Lifeboat Station, the name was formally changed to Seahouses Lifeboat Station in 1999. [1] The station currently operates a Shannon-class All-weather lifeboat 13-36 John and Elizabeth Allan (ON 1343), and a D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat Grace Darling (D-828). [2]
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]
Lytham St Annes Lifeboat Station was created in 1931, with the amalgamation of two Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) branches, Lytham (1851–1931) and St Annes (1881–1925). [ 1 ] The primary location is at South Promenade in St Annes , on the Fylde coast of Lancashire , from where it has operated the Shannon-class lifeboat 13-24 ...
An extra D-class lifeboat went to Southend-on-Sea, and it was decided to place an All-weather lifeboat at Sheerness on evaluation. [4] The first lifeboat was a new design, a 41-foot lifeboat, moulded in GRP, and fitted out by Keith Nelson Ltd, of Bembridge, with twin diesel engines, producing 19kts.
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]
No evidence of Old Lifeboat Station. Independent lifeboat operated since 1972 by Sea Palling Independent Rescue [7] Winterton: Winterton, Norfolk: 1823–1925 Just the building foundations remain Caister: Caister, Norfolk: 1845–1969 Station now run by Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service [8] Corton: Corton, Suffolk: 1869–1879 No evidence ...