Penlee RNLI’s new Atlantic 85 Class Inshore Lifeboat Mollie and Ivor Dent - B893 will arrive on station in Newlyn during the afternoon of Wednesday, August 10, completing the latest chapter in the stations history.

The Mollie and Ivor Dent was built at the Inshore Lifeboat Centre, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, at a cost of £215,000. Her build costs were funded after a generous legacy from the late Mollie Dent, a lifetime supporter of the RNLI from Newbury, Berkshire.

She will replace the Atlantic 75 Inshore Lifeboat, Paul Alexander, which arrived on station in 2003 – 367 services later with 20 lives saved its time for her to move on to pastures new.

Intensive local training will commence immediately, ensuring that all volunteer crewmen at Penlee are familiarised with the new Inshore lifeboat.