Relief lifeboat

The D class relief inshore lifeboat D-720 Norma and Bill Burleigh arrived at Skegness on Wednesday 30 July 2014 to cover for station lifeboat D-739 Peterborough Beer Festival IV, while she was returned to the RNLI's Inshore Lifeboat Centre in Cowes, IoW, for repairs to her keel sponson.

Relief lifeboat D-720 Norma and Bill Burleigh is unloaded at Skegness lifeboat station, July 2014.
(Photo: RNLI Skegness)

The lifeboat is expected to be on station for several weeks while repairs to Peterborough Beer Festival IV are carried out at the ILC.

Relief lifeboat D-720 Norma and Bill Burleigh launching on exercise, July 2014.
(Photo: RNLI Skegness)

Relief lifeboat D-720 Norma and Bill Burleigh on a sandbank during a training exercise with crew members Liam Mawer, Dan Gibbs and helmsman Joe Pieniak, July 2014.
(Photo: RNLI Skegness)

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