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She is a 47 foot steel hulled Tyne class All Weather Lifeboat (AWB). She is faster and more seaworthy than her predecessors, and is the largest class of boat in the RNLI fleet that can be accommodated in the present boathouse.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index"><U><IMG SRC="16a458c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>