PERRANUTHNOE is a small village on the South Coast of Cornwall, just East of Marazion, there is a Car Park and sloping access to a safe sandy beach and the beachside Cabin Cafe. It has The Victoria Inn a superb multi award winning pub, which serves super food both lunchtimes & evenings, - a Church dating back as far as 1160. The Lynfield Centre which houses The Cowhouse Gallery, The Peppercorn Cafe and a hairdressers.

Sunday 1 July 2012

New Shannon class Lifeboat undergoing trials

Mike in Mousehhole saves the day - here's a photo taken by his brother Mr.Brian Ellis , Penzance NCI Station Manager of the two Penlee Lifeboats with what turned out to be a new Shannon Class Lifeboat still undergoing trials.
The Trials Lifeboat  had it's AIS on - so I looked on their website and discovered it is this Shannon Class lifeboat . The first one to go into service is due to go to Hoylake, on The Wirral.
Here it is courtesy of RNLI.
"The new lifeboat features twin water jets instead of conventional propellers, allowing her to operate in shallow waters and be highly manoeuvrable, giving the crew greater control when alongside other craft and when in confined waters. The water jets also reduce the risk of damage to the lifeboat during launch and recovery, or when intentionally beached. She will be the first RNLI all-weather lifeboat to run on water jets instead of propellers.
  The Shannon’s seats are designed to protect the crew members’ spines as much as possible from the forces of the sea in rough weather. Additionally the Shannon incorporates SIMS (System and Information Management System) which allows the crew to monitor the lifeboat from the safety of their seats, again reducing the likelihood of injury to the volunteer crew members during search and rescue operations"
Posted by Perranlady at 20:07

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 August 2012 at 21:56

    The Shanon will certainly be the first all weather boat in modern times to run on water jets but in fact three of the RNLI's first steam lifeboats were propelled by water jets and in the 1930's the 32ft Surf class boats were mostly powered by a form of water jet, the Hotchkiss Internal Cone. One of the class, Kate Greatorex, was powered by Gill Jets, probably the cloest similarity to the Shannon in principle. Alun Pari Huws

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    1. Perranlady16 August 2012 at 22:50

      Sorry I missed your info about the lifeboats - don't look back too far - interesting to see how lifeboats have evolved over the years - especially to have the right type in the right place. Sue

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  2. Anonymous26 September 2012 at 10:02

    Just to point out that Hoylake will not be receiving the first Shannon class - Dungeness is the first station. Hoylake will be getting a Shannon class but when exactly this will be is unknown at this stage.

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