This photo shows a Relief Arun Class lifeboat on duty …

This photo shows a Relief Arun Class lifeboat on duty at Dover. It is seen exercising with an RAF Helicopter, Callsign RESCUE 125, from RAF Wattisham, Suffolk. The Arun Class lifeboat has a crew of 5 or 6 and can take a doctor out to an incident if the need arises. The top speed of the lifeboat is 18 knots and is 52 ft in length. If it is capsized it can right itself within 5 seconds. This is an All Weather Lifeboat or ALB.