1987 - 2008

The Tyne Class Lady Rank arrived in Angle on Monday 22nd June 1987, at a cost of £537,000. This self-righting boat being 47' x 15', driven by two 425 h.p. General Motors diesel engines, which gave her a top speed of 17 knots.

The naming ceremony took place at Angle Pier on the afternoon of August 6th 1987. She was provided as a gift from The Rank Foundation and was formally handed over to the R.N.L.I. by Mr. Robin Cowen, MBE Chairman of the Donors, to Mr. Michael Vernon, a deputy Chairman of the R.N.L.I., She was then formally christened "The Lady Rank" by the Hon. Mrs. Shelagh Cowen.

During her 20 years in Angle she was launched 352 times

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	Naming ceremony at Angle Pier
	Naming ceremony at Angle Pier
	Lady Rank in her new Boathouse
	Launch 1
	Launch 2
	Launch 3
	Farewell trip to Neyland