When the Richard and Caroline Colton arrived in Hastings on Saturday local people turned out in force to welcome the town’s brand new Shannon class lifeboat. It’s been three decades since Hastings has had a new lifeboat. When the Mersey Class Sealink Endeavour came to Hastings 30 years ago who would have guessed then that it would go on […]
The Richard and Caroline Colton arrived in Hastings yesterday the town’s brand new Shannon class lifeboat. Crowds of people flocked to the beach to see the new hi-tech lifeboat arrive after it had gone through extensive trials since July and the local lifeboat crew have undergone extensive training with the new craft. The Shannon is the latest […]
Building of Hastings new Shannon class lifeboat is complete and if all goes to plan the vessel will arrive in Hastings by mid-October. To be named the Richard and Caroline Colton the boat has been launched and is currently undergoing sea trials at the RNLI’s headquarters at in Poole in Dorset. The Shannon is the latest class […]
