An RNLI station in Skye is to get a new lifeboat next year. The crew at Portree will take delivery of a new Shannon class vessel, which the RNLI said would offer improved manoeuvrability and speed.

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The crew of the Lochinver Lifeboat faced treacherous seas during Storm Amy on Saturday morning after responding to an emergency beacon in the Summer Isles area — but the call was ultimately a false ...

A Northumberland lifeboat was launched amid Storm Amy to reports of an adrift inflatable boat. Seahouses RNLI all-weather lifeboat, The John and Elizabeth Allan, launched at approximately 1.50pm on ...

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The RNLI said the Shannon was manoeuvrable and agile as it did not have traditional propellers Lifeboats in the Channel Islands are to be updated over the next few years, the RNLI has said. Jersey's ...

Lifeboats in the Channel Islands are to be updated over the next few years, the RNLI has said. Jersey's current Tamar class lifeboat, Guernsey's Severn and Alderney's Trent class lifeboat will all be ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Swanage Shannon class lifeboat George Thomas Lacy 13-13 during a rough weather traiing exercise.