Refit for Southwold RNLI lifeboat Annie Tranmer

Crew members helped to unload their relief lifeboat B-850 Edna May, and swapped tools and equipment, before their own Atlantic 85, B-868 Annie Tranmer was loaded up and began the journey south to the Inshore Lifeboat centre in Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Over the next few months Annie Tranmer will undergo an extensive refit before returning to Southwold. In the meantime relief lifeboat Edna May, will undertake training and service duties for Southwold RNLI

At the Inshore Lifeboat Centre in Cowes a team of 70 highly skilled staff work to build and maintain up to 80 lifeboats each and every year.

Anyone wishing to keep up with the progress of Annie Tranmer's refit can follow along via the Inshore Lifeboat Centre webcams which cover each stage of the refit. https://rnli.org/what-we-do/lifeboats-and-stations/building-our-lifeboats/inshore-lifeboat-centre

RNLI Media contacts
For more information, please contact Jeremy Taylor, Southwold RNLI volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer: [email protected]

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