Our lifeboat back from refit

Tue 15 Sep 2015

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Wells' Mersey-class lifeboat 12-003 Doris M Mann of Ampthill has returned to the station following a minor refit over the summer at the new All-weather Lifeboat Centre in Poole. The boat travelled by road from Poole to Lowestoft where it was lifted in at the Haven Marina.

Coxswain Allen Frary and crew made an early start on 15 September from Wells with the relief lifeboat 12-005 to swap the boats over at Lowestoft, returning with 12-003 for the evening tide.

This should be 12-003's last scheduled refit before she is replaced by a new Shannon class lifeboat, having served the station now since 1990.

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