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New RNLI Lifeboat Is Fit for The Queen
01 Aug 2005
Her Majesty The Queen looked over the RNLI’s new inshore lifeboat, the Atlantic 85, and met RNLI representatives including volunteer crew at a special maritime theme day at St James’s Palace on Wednesday 20 July. The state of the art lifeboat was the only exhibit on display in the courtyard area of St James’s Palace at the special event hosted by The Queen to recognise Britain’s maritime<$>community.
lifeboat replaces the Atlantic 75 and has a faster response time, is more manoeuvrable and can carry more equipment than her predecessor. The Atlantic 85 is fitted with an additional seat to accommodate a fourth crew member and has more space for survivors. The Atlantic 85 has been built at the RNLI's own Inshore Lifeboat Centre at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The lifeboat on display, The Drayton Manor, was funded by a donation from Drayton Manor Theme Park in Staffordshire and will join the RNLI’s relief fleet.
In the evening The Queen hosted a reception for 500 people from the maritime sector including representatives from the RNLI. Upon leaving the reception at around 8pm, RNLI representatives were presented to HM as she viewed the Atlantic 85 in the courtyard.
The three who met The Queen, RNLI Patron, are Paul Singleton, volunteer lifeboat crew member from Poole lifeboat station (Dorset), Philip Julian of the Inshore Lifeboat Centre and Linda Vatcher, RNLI exhibitions manager. Members of the Royal Family marked the maritime theme day at various locations<$>around the coast, including a visit by the RNLI President HRH The Duke of Kent to Fowey lifeboat station in Cornwall.
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