New Lifeboat
Donaghadee has a new lifeboat the Trent Class 'Saxon'.
The new 14m Trent class all-weather lifeboat is capable of 25 knots at top speed. She carries a crew of six, has a range of 250 nautical miles and is equipped with all the latest navigation and communications equipment.
SailRacer Magazine
Both the old Arun Class 'City of Belfast' and the 'Saxon' were sitting in the harbour until very recently, but now the 'City of Belfast' has gone. I wonder where old lifeboats retire to?
Here's a little more on the history of Donaghadee lifeboat station...
Donaghadee lifeboat station was established in 1910. Two RNLI Bronze medals for gallantry have been awarded. The last being voted in 1953 when the Bronze Medal was awarded to Coxswain Hugh Nelson for the courage, skill and initiative shown on the occasion of the wreck of the motor ship 'Princess Victoria' which sank in a raging gale. The disaster to the Princess Victoria was the greatest suffered by any British merchant vessel in peacetime for a quarter of a century. The British Empire Medal was awarded to Coxswain Hugh Nelson in recognition of services rendered in rescuing survivors from the Princess Victoria on 31 January.
RNLI
Ah, this is where old lifeboats retire to.
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