Trent Lifeboat The Trent class is the smaller of the RNLI's new lifeboat designs which have been designed to replace the Waveney and Arun classes of lifeboat.

There are now 21 Trents in service and their coxswains and crews are speaking highly of them. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston recently had the honour of achieving the first medal winning service in a Trent when they went to the rescue of a yacht in hurricane force winds in August last year.

This remarkable 'cut away' should be of interest to readers and may give some idea of the complex construction and features of the class..