Skip to content

New lifeboat for Western Isles RNLI station

News imageRNLI/James Smerdon Image showing the rear of the new lifeboatRNLI/James Smerdon
Leverburgh's new lifeboat is being constructed in Poole in Dorset

A new lifeboat is being built for an RNLI station in the Western Isles.

Leverburgh RNLI, which was established five years ago, hopes to have the Shannon class lifeboat by April next year.

The station currently uses a Mersey class boat. Its new craft is being constructed in Poole in Dorset.

Shannon class boats are propelled by water jets instead of propellers, making it the RNLI's "most agile and manoeuvrable" all-weather lifeboat.

News imageRNLI/James Smerdon New lifeboatRNLI/James Smerdon
The new boat should be ready for delivery to Leverburgh next April
News imageRNLI/Nathan Williams Shannon class lifeboatRNLI/Nathan Williams
The RNLI describes its Shannon class as its most agile and manoeuvrable all-weather lifeboat