Previously unreleased picture dated 10/02/14 of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) new Shannon class all-weather lifeboat, The Morrell, during sea trials off Poole, Dorset as it is due to arrive at the Dungeness lifeboat station in Kent today. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday February 21, 2014. Hundreds of lives are expected to be saved around the UK’s coastline thanks to the speed and manoeuvrability of the Shannon class of lifeboat. Casualties will be reached quicker with the Shannon as it is capable of 25 knots, some 50% faster than the lifeboats it will replace. RNLI officials said it is the lightest and most agile all-weather lifeboat in the charity’s fleet, and can reach casualties stranded in shallower waters. Costing £2 million each, more than 50 of these superfast lifeboats will be stationed around the British Isles over the next 10 years. They will eventually replace many of the Mersey and Tyne classes, which are only able to reach 17 and 18 knots. See PA story SEA Lifeboat. Photo credit should read: Steve Parsons/PA Wire