Douglas RNLI is to get a new lifeboat as a "interim solution" while talks continue over station's future.A Trent class all-weather lifeboat will replace the current Mersey class - a vessel that was ...

A new Shannon-class lifeboat has launched in Conwy county. The £2.2m lifeboat is the first modern all-weather lifeboat to be propelled by water jets instead of traditional propellers. It can ...

On Tuesday 28 January 2025, Troon RNLI's new Shannon class all-weather lifeboat was welcomed off the production line and officially took to the water for the first time.

Troon RNLI's new Shannon class all-weather lifeboat has been welcomed off the production line and has taken to the water for the first time.

Troon RNLI's new lifeboat was officially launched with a bell ringing ceremony on Tuesday. The Shannon class lifeboat - RNLB Roy Barker VI 13-55 - was lowered into the water for the first time at ...

A decision to allocate a faster Shannon class lifeboat to the station to replace the "aging Mersey" had been made in 2016. Since then the lifeboat station has operated beyond life expectancy ...