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Seahouses Lifeboats Online |
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(Formerly North Sunderland) Established as an RNLI Station on Aug 4th, 1859. |
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Our Vehicles Tallus MB-H Tractor:
The Talus MB-H is used specifically for launching the Mersey class all-weather Lifeboat. The Tractor has a totally enclosed cab and is fully waterproof. It is capable of working in 5ft (1.52m) of water. The driver's seat can operate forward or in reverse. The tractor is controlled by a simple joystick, which is pushed in the direction of travel required. The speed is regulated by a throttle lever. The winch is operated by a simple haul/stop/payout lever. Landrover 110 (On the left, the Toyota is a Coastguard unit).
The station has been allocated a Landrover 110, to tow the ILB on either its launching trailer, or on its "piggy back" road trailer, intended for use to transport the ILB to launch sites away from the harbour, e.g. Holy Island Causeway and Beadnell. The vehicle is fitted with a Premier Hazard Light bar, with blue lights, blue grill repeater lights, electronic wail/yelp siren, marine VHF radio, first aid equipment and survival blankets, an oxygen therapy kit, high visibility clothing and protective helmets. The vehicle also is used to tow the buggy carrying the recovery skids for the Mersey boat. The Landrover replaced a quad bike, which was unsuitable for road use. The issue of an additional oxygen kit to this vehicle (kits are carried on both lifeboats) is as a result of a dramatic increase in diver related in incidents during 2003, where divers were coming ashore at Seahouses with potential decompression sickness (bends). The Coastguard personnel do not carry oxygen, so the RNLI were called on each occasion to administer first aid, i.e. oxygen, till the arrival of an ambulance and helicopter. The crew frequently assisted their coastguard colleagues in setting up the helicopter emergency landing site, and the diver was usually taken by an RAF Rescue Helicopter from RAF Boulmer, to either Hull or Aberdeen, being the nearest decompression chambers, with appropriately qualified staff. The Landrover shown above, LR51, was replaced on 10/01/06, by a new vehicle LR81 shown below. The old vehicle was re-allocated to the Divisional Base at Stockton, as a relief vehicle. The vehicle had approximately about 2,000 genuine miles recorded on the clock !! The current
Seahouses Landie LR81. See our very successful Souvenir Shop Seahouses Lifeboat Webmaster - Email info@seahouseslifeboat.org.uk © Copyright - Seahouses Lifeboat Station 2008 |
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Landrover is connected to a charger that automatically maintains the vehicle's
dual batteries while on station, so that it is always in a state of immediate
readiness. Covering a very low mileage, the batteries would otherwise discharge
quite quickly.