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At their first ever naming ceremony on 11 June 1988, the lifeboat was named 52-36 Roy and Barbara Harding (ON 1118) by Mrs Barbara Harding, honorary secretary of the Seaton, Beer and district RNLI branch since 1940, and an honorary life governor of the RNLI since 1984. Capt.
It is based on a Camarc Pilot vessel design, and was designed by RNLI engineers, with a fibre-reinforced composite hull, powered by twin water jets. It had a top speed of approximately 30 knots (55 km/h; 35 mph), but was planned to be rated down to 25–27 knots (46–50 km/h; 29–31 mph) when the final design was put into production.
An all-weather lifeboat station with a slipway for launching. Inshore lifeboat station, which uses a carriage to launch lifeboats. Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) stations are the bases for the RNLI's fleet of search and rescue lifeboats that cover the coastal waters around the entire British Isles, as well as major inland waterways.
After 25 years on station, Trent-class lifeboat 14-17 Elizabeth and Ronald (ON 1215) was transferred to the relief fleet, and Dunmore East would receive a Shannon-class lifeboat, costing over €2.4 million. 13-41 William and Agnes Wray arrived on station on 26 September 2021.
After preliminary trials in 2001 were satisfactory, and following further tests at Poole, Flint, Southend-on-Sea and Hunstanton, it was decided to place the first RNLI Hovercraft at Morecambe. The location was chosen primarily due to the extensive and dangerous mud-flats and quick-sand, which extend across Morecambe bay at low tide.
In terms of the overall history of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), the placement of a lifeboat at Oban is a relatively recent decision. An Inshore lifeboat was first stationed here in 1972. [1] The station currently operates 13-50 The Campbell Watson (ON 1357), a Shannon-class All-weather lifeboat, on station since 2024. [2]
This lifeboat was stationed at Walton until August 1993 and during her service there she launched on service 186 times, saving 40 lives. [14] In 1993, the second prototype Tyne-class lifeboat Sam and Joan Woods (ON 1075), built in 1982, was allocated to the station after spending nine years in the RNLI Relief Fleet.
Blyth Lifeboat Station is located at the Port and seaside town of Blyth, in the south east corner of the county of Northumberland, approx. 13 miles (21 km) north of Newcastle upon Tyne. A lifeboat was first stationed here by the Ridley Estate Trust in 1908, but operated for only two years.