The RNLI has also introduced a new launch and recovery tractor, designed in conjunction with high-mobility-vehicles specialist Supacat Ltd, specifically for use with the Shannon. It acts as a mobile ...

Hornby Airfix has unveiled the RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat Starter Set and the RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat Decal Sheet, both available now. Ranked at skill level one, the RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat ...

Troon RNLI lifeboat station will welcome their new lifeboat, a state-of-the-art Shannon class all-weather lifeboat ‘RNLB Roy Barker VI’, next month. After being placed into the water at the lifeboat ...

Gorleston Lifeboat station is set to be relocated - but the RNLI says a lot of work has to be done before it can say whether a new vessel can be brought back to the station. The Shannon class George ...

A high-end RNLI lifeboat that will help crews navigate treacherous weather conditions has come into service. The all-weather vessel began operations in Clacton on Thursday, after it was unveiled by ...

THE volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew at Swanage are due to welcome their new vessel this Friday, April 8. The George Thomas Lacy will be the first Shannon Class lifeboat to be put into service in Dorset.

Residents of a North Devon town are concerned by the RNLI's big change to its local lifeboat fleet. The RNLI at Ilfracombe is replacing their current Shannon class all weather boat, ‘The Barry and ...

Girvan Lifeboat Station is set to welcome the new Shannon class all-weather lifeboat. This vessel will be the first of its kind in the west of Scotland. The £2.1million boat will be replacing the old ...

Shannon craft are the smallest and lightest in the RNLI fleet and capable of 25 knots. The new 2.4m euros (£2m) lifeboat will be stationed on Lough Swilly in County Donegal and is expected to arrive ...

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