News update April 2010:

New Lifeboat

D-714 "Jean Ryall"

On Sunday 11 April the South Broads Lifeboat Station received its new state of the art lifeboat, in time for the start of the broads boating season.

The South Broads Lifeboat Station took delivery of a new £31,000 lifeboat, the new 25 Knot IB1 inshore lifeboat uses new composite materials to make the vessel a faster and more responsive craft than the 12 year old D-Class Lord Kitchener it replaces.

Powered by a 50hp outboard the Jean Ryall offers more power making it able to successfully tow larger vessels when required and due to increased speed and fuel capacity has the ability to reach casualties faster and further from the station in Oulton Broad.

A composite pod in the forepeak of the vessel houses storage for first aid kit, oxygen, VHF radio, GPS and an anchor locker, Jean Ryall has been paid for by a generous bequest and is due to be named in a ceremony in Oulton Broad later in the year.