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 ...

It will be replaced by a more technologically advanced Shannon class boat The lifeboat began its service back in 2001. Since then, she has been called out more than 500 times, assisting more than ...

The lifeboat will be withdrawn from service at the end of January and will be replaced by a "state-of-the-art" Shannon class all-weather lifeboat. The RNLI said in its 23 years of service the ...

READ MORE: {{title}} Aboard the new Shannon class lifeboat the Hartlepool volunteer crew Matt Blanchard, Matt Adams, Darren Killick, Jake Oates and Andy Johnson along with RNLI staff coxswain Dan ...

The Shannon class lifeboat carries the name of his late brother ... to transform a fishing boat into an 'unimmergible' boat, an early model of today's self-righting lifeboats.

The vessel will be withdrawn from service at the end of January and be replaced by a "state-of-the-art" Shannon class all-weather lifeboat. The RNLI said in its 23 years of service, the lifeboat ...

A rescue operation unfolded off the coast of County Louth on Friday, January 9 when the Clogherhead RNLI’s Shannon class lifeboat, Michael O’Brien, was called to assist a 14-metre fishing ...