Lifeboat College

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Lifeboat College
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View in September 2009, with Atlantic 85 lifeboat B815
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Lifeboat College in Dorset
General information
TypeCollege and national HQ
Address Poole, BH15 1HZ
CountryEngland
Coordinates 50°43′N1°59′W / 50.72°N 1.99°W / 50.72; -1.99 Coordinates: 50°43′N1°59′W / 50.72°N 1.99°W / 50.72; -1.99
Elevation2 m (7 ft)
Current tenantsRNLI staff
Construction startedJanuary 2003
Completed2004
Inaugurated28 July 2004
Cost£18 million
ClientRNLI
OwnerRNLI
Technical details
Floor count5
Design and construction
Structural engineer Faber Maunsell
Main contractorDean and Dyball
Website
Official website

The Lifeboat College is the national training centre of the RNLI in Poole, Dorset, England.

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History

The RNLI has around 4,600 crew members. The RNLI receives no government financial assistance.

Construction

The turf was cut in January 2003. It was built by Dean and Dyball of Hampshire. It was opened by the Queen on 28 July 2004. [1]

Structure

It is situated slightly north of, and next-door to, the famous speedboat manufacturer Sunseeker on the west side of Holes Bay, off the A350. Directly to the north is the large Asda Poole. On the opposite side of the road is the RNLI Support Centre. Also nearby is the RNLI All-Weather Lifeboat Centre (ALC) [2] which opened in August 2015.

It is a residential college and has sixty bedrooms. [3] It has an annual cost of around £1.1 million. It aimed to train around 4,000 people a year, although around 1,500 are currently[ when? ] trained each year. It often hosts exhibitions and conferences with organisations unconnected to the RNLI, such as trade exhibitions. It has a 120-seat auditorium.

A lifeboat simulator, with a five-metre-radius cylindrical visualisation screen with Digital Light Processing (DLP), was provided by Antycip Simulation UK of Oxfordshire.

Training

It has a Sea Survival Centre with a 25 m × 12.5 m × 4 m deep wave pool.

Visits

On 5 February 2014, CBBC series 2 episode 3 of Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom visited the college, with instructor Matt Cridland. It was filmed on 24 September 2013.

See also

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