StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: slipway

The only one not afloat today - MV "Western Belle" is still on the slipway [perhaps still under her winter overhaul" ... She was built in 1935, and came to Ullswater in 2010 after spending 2009 under restoration at the Mersey Heritage Shipyard. After a trip up the M6 and final fitting out on the company slipway she entered service later that year. She is 75ft by 15ft6" with a draft of 5ft9" and can carry up to 160 passengers at a cruising speed of 10knts.

The "new" lifeboat house at Port Erin, dates from 1925 (the old house is from 1884) and currently houses an inshore boat, B-813 "Muriel and Leslie" - which is an Atlantic 85 - on station from 2006. She is slipway launched and recovered with a winch.

Finally found our way over to Douglas Lifeboat Station - it is on the far side, nearly in the oil terminal and away from the main buildings, marina & ferry terminal. One of five RNLI stations on the Isle Of Man. The boathouse had a slipway launched "Tyne" Class All Weather Boat between 1988 & 2018 named after Sir William Hillary [47-032]. This was replaced by the Mersey "Marine Engineer" [12-12] in 2018, which had previously been based at Bridlington.

Established in 1803, Arbroath is one of the oldest lifeboat stations in Scotland and the last Scottish station with a slipway. When launching the boat is heading for another harbour wall, so the cox'n needs to be concentrating. The station is currently home to a Mersey class all-weather lifeboat and a D class inshore lifeboat.