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New lifeboats heading for Island

Plans to refurbish Douglas station

The RNLI says improved lifeboats will soon be used across the Isle of Man - not just in Douglas.

It comes after the organisation submitted plans to demolish and rebuild the lifeboat station in the capital, and put a floating pontoon in Douglas harbour instead of the current slipway.

The current lifeboat will be replaced with a new Shannon-class vessel.

The new boat will be quicker, safer and easier to control, according to the RNLI.

Divisional Operations Manager Darren Byers says the Douglas station is just the start:

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