Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat Station

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Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat Station
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Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat Station
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General information
Type RNLI Lifeboat Station
LocationPuckscorner, 50 Denness Road, Lake, Isle of Wight, PO36 8PD
Country England
Coordinates 50°39′05″N1°09′28″W / 50.6515°N 1.1579°W / 50.6515; -1.1579 Coordinates: 50°39′05″N1°09′28″W / 50.6515°N 1.1579°W / 50.6515; -1.1579
OwnerSandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat Service, which is a registered charity in England - Charity number 299584.

Sandown Lifeboat Station is owned and run by Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat Service. [1] It is located in the town of Sandown in the English county and island of the Isle of Wight. [2]

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Lifeboats

The Dove II in a training session Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat 'The Dove II' launching on a training session in 2013- 2014-04-15 18-27.jpg
The Dove II in a training session

The organisation operates an ex-RNLI B-class Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable boat (RIB) and is powered by twin 70 hp Evinrude engines. This lifeboat was once called Kirklees (B-553) [3] and served at Newbiggin, Helvic Head before she arrived at Sandown in 2000. This Inshore Lifeboat was sold onto Lagan Search & Rescue in 2013 and now operates in Belfast Northern Ireland.

In 2011, SSILB launched their current Inshore Lifeboat, again an Atlantic 21, The Dove II. The naming of The Dove 2 has historic roots; the original Dove was a lifeboat based in Shanklin between 1884 and 1916. The ex-RNLI vessel was B-590, once called 'Wolverson X-Ray', serving at RNLI Mudeford, Aberystwyth, Kilrush, Galway, Youghal and Cullercoats within the RNLI relief fleet and then went on to crew training before being sold to SSILB in 2009.

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References

  1. "Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat". Homepage of the Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat. ©2014 Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. OS Explorer Map OL29 - Isle of Wight, Folded Map. Publisher:Ordnance Survey; B2 edition (17 Mar 2008). ISBN   978 0319240151
  3. "B-class Atlantic 21 Production List". List of B-class Atlantic 21 lifeboats, includes B-553. Lifeboat World On-Line© 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.