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- The RNLI will equip five Devon lifeboat stations with new vessels by 2030.
- Plymouth station will receive the new Coastal-design lifeboat, replacing its Severn-class boat.
- Salcombe and Torbay stations will each get new Shannon-class all-weather lifeboats.
- Ilfracombe station received an Atlantic 85 Mk3 high-speed rigid inflatable, replacing its larger Shannon-class boat.
- RNLI data show 98% of responses from 2017-2025 occurred within 10 nautical miles of shore.
