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Wells Lifeboat - RNLI Wells Lifeboat Station Wells-next-the-Sea Norfolk UK
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Situated at the eastern end of Wells beach, Wells Lifeboat Station is one of 232 operated by the RNLI around the UK's coast, providing emergency life-saving cover up to 50 miles off-shore. The station has two lifeboats; a Mersey-class all-weather lifeboat which can operate in all conditions with a range of over 100 miles and a small, fast inshore lifeboat.
As a once busy commercial port and now the only major harbour along the North Norfolk coast, the RNLI has kept a lifeboat at Wells for over 100 years.
The all-weather lifeboat is kept on a launching carriage propelled by a Talus tractor. If there is sufficient tide in the harbour when the lifeboat needs to launch, the lifeboat is simply pushed down the boathouse ramp straight into the channel. When necessary, the lifeboat can be launched and on its way in around 6-10 minutes.
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