The Lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society Handbook 2012 is now available, priced £6 (including postage and packaging).

It lists the names, numbers and locations of all RNLI lifeboats and station equipment, after-service details on former all-weather lifeboats, and stations (open and closed) in geographic order.

Get your copy from Tony Denton at Dawn, Upper Battlefield, Shrewsbury, SY4 4AA. Please make any cheques payable to ‘RNLI/Lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society’.