The Shannon-class lifeboat is the latest class of lifeboat currently being deployed to the RNLI fleet to serve the shores of the British Isles. The Shannon class is due to replace most Mersey-class lifeboats and some Trent-class lifeboats.
Montrose Lifeboat, 13-10 entering Arbroath Harbour
FCB2, the prototype boat
Bridlington's Shannon Class on SLARS
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest of the lifeboat services operating around the coasts of the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, as well as on some inland waterways.
Memorial in Douglas, Isle of Man to the lifeboat rescue of the sailors from the St George in 1830
ON440 RNLB Licensed Victuallers III, a standard self-righter built in 1900
An Arun-class lifeboat
RNLI lifeguards on duty at Sennen in Cornwall