Lifeboat - Ilfracombe Mersey Class lifeboat 'Spirit of Derbyshire - postcard

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  • Picture / Image:  Ilfracombe Mersey Class Lifeboat ON 1165 (12-007) 'Spirit of Derbyshire'
  • Publisher:  RNLI
  • Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Ilfracombe Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Ilfracombe, Devon in the United Kingdom. The first lifeboat was stationed in the town in 1828 and the present station was opened in 1996. For 29 years a second boat was operated from Morte Bay at Woolacombe. It operates a Mersey-class all weather boat (AWB) and a D-class (IB1) inshore lifeboat (ILB).

The Mersey-class lifeboat at Ilfracombe has an operating range of 145 nautical miles (269 km) and a top speed of 17 knots (31 km/h).[4] Adjacent lifeboats are stationed at Appledore to the West, and The Mumbles to the North, along with an ILB at Minehead to the East.[5]

Mersey class lifeboats are all-weather lifeboats operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) from stations around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. They are capable of operating at up to 17 knots (31 km/h) and can be launched from a carriage.

The class name comes from the River Mersey which flows into the Irish Sea in north west England