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 ...

Shannon-class lifeboats can reach up to 25 knots (28mph) and have a range of 250 nautical miles (287 miles) A high-end RNLI lifeboat that will help crews navigate treacherous weather conditions has ...

Margate RNLI’s B class inshore lifeboat was engaged in routine training in Ramsgate harbour around 10am today (Sunday 12 July ...

After crowds lined the street to watch the traditional parade featuring the volunteer lifeboat crew and mascot ‘Stormy Stan’, ...

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has named a class of lifeboat after an Irish river for the first time. Rivers in Wales, Scotland and England have been chosen in the past but the latest ...

The 27th new Tamar class lifeboat was handed over to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) by Babcock , marking the last lifeboat to be built for the charity by Babcock under the existing ...

The Shannon-class lifeboat is described as the "most agile and manoeuvrable all-weather lifeboat yet" Lifeboat volunteers in Peel are to receive a new lifeboat two years earlier than expected, the ...

Caister Lifeboat's one-of-a-kind vessel is expected to be at home and ready for service later this year. The £1.6m Medina-class lifeboat, which is currently housed at the shipyard of builders' Diverse ...

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.

Lifeboat volunteers in Peel are to receive a new lifeboat two years earlier than expected, the RNLI said. The charity says the Peel lifeboat station will now take delivery of the £2.2m Shannon-class ...