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The Shannon launch and recovery system (SLARS) was developed to launch and recover the 18-tonne Shannon-class RNLI lifeboat. [3] [4] SLARS SC-T08 with the St Ives lifeboat Nora Stachura. The lifeboat is launched, and recovered, bow-first. The carriage, mounted on tracked wheels, is used to transport a lifeboat from boathouse to sea.
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.
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]
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
The Shannon class lifeboat replaced the Mersey and reestablished the 25knot service. The old boathouse was retained as a base for the RNLI lifeguards who work in and around Exmouth. [4] until being handed back to Clinton devon estates, now used by Exmouth Rowing Club. A new D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat, George Bearman II (D-805) arrived in 2017.
Selsey Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station [1] located in Selsey, West Sussex on the south coast of England. [2]The station operates a Shannon-class lifeboat 13-20 Denise and Eric (ON 1327), launched via the Shannon Launch and Recovery System (SLARS) from the main boathouse onshore at Kingsway, Selsey.
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]