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HRH THE PRINCESS ROYAL OPENS THE NEW LIFEBOAT STATION By Dominic Hart RNLI Local Press Officer


D


art RNLI volunteers were honoured to welcome Her Royal Highness


The Princess Royal in April to officially open their new lifeboat station at a special ceremony. The Princess Royal,


accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence - a Vice President of the RNLI - unveiled a plaque outside the building to officially mark the occasion. During the visit, Her Royal Highness also met the charity’s volunteer lifeboat crew, fundraisers, the visitor centre team, operational and station support teams and lifeguards based in South Devon. The new lifeboat station is


at Ferry View House where the original lifeboat station was built in the 1800s. The building has undergone


extensive renovation and now includes a purpose-built boat hall to house the station’s D class lifeboat and a dedicated changing area for the crew. On the first floor there is an open space for crew training, an office and welfare facilities. The building is a significant upgrade from the previous station at Coronation Park, where space was limited for the 33-strong volunteer seagoing crew, shore crew and other volunteers. Thanks to the generosity of


donors, the new lifeboat station not only represents a return home, but also makes launching


the D class lifeboat far easier and safer, and represents a significant investment in RNLI lifesaving in South Devon for future decades. Commodore Jake Moores OBE, Chair of the Lifeboat Management Group at Dart Lifeboat Station, said: ‘It was a great privilege to welcome HRH The Princess Royal to Dart RNLI today to officially open our new lifeboat station and return the RNLI in Dartmouth to its original home, which it occupied until the end of the 19th century.’ Jake Moores welcomed guests to


the event and opened proceedings, before donor and nearby resident Alec Smith delivered a speech on behalf of all the donors and handed the station into the care of the RNLI. RNLI Chief Executive Peter


Sparkes accepted the station on behalf of the charity, and passed it into the care of Dart Lifeboat Station, with Lifeboat Operations Manager Iain Lomas accepting the station on behalf of Dart RNLI. The Reverend Dr Andrew


Commodore Jake Moores, Chair of the Lifeboat Management Group at Dart Lifeboat Station, welcomes HRH The Princess Royal


HRH Princess Ann unveils the new plaque, watched by her husband Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, a Vice President of the RNLI


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