Swanage's lifeboat station's getting a new one-point-five million pound, state of the art all-weather boat.

It's thanks mostly to a generous legacy left by a a former Navy man, and RNLI fundraiser, George Lacy.

The faster, more maneouvrable Shannon class vessel will replace their twenty year old Mercey class boat in 2015.

Dave Turnbull's a mechanic at the station:

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