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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 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 McLachlan-class lifeboat (A-508) was placed on station on 1 July for a trial period. The boat was only ever called upon once in a period of three years, and was withdrawn on 1 November 1979. [1] [2] Invergordon would see the arrival of a new class of lifeboat in 1984. A 33-foot Brede-class lifeboat was placed on station. The new lifeboat ...
A new €2.6million All-weather Shannon-class lifeboat was placed on service, 13-45 Val Adnams (ON 1352), which was named after, and by, the donor Val Adnams, now of Idaho, on 9 September 2023. [ 12 ]
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]
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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 new station was opened by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1858. [1] The station currently operates Shannon-class All-weather lifeboat, 13-28 Richard and Caroline Colton (ON 1335), launched off the beach using the Shannon Launch and Recovery System, and a D-class (IB1) Inshore lifeboat, Richard Francis (D-835). [2]