
The RNLI Buncrana team at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the first Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

Jimmy Tyrrell, Honorary Life Govenor speaking at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

Martyn Smith and his wife Rachel at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the First Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

Someof the crowd at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

John McCarter Lifeboat Operations Manager speaking at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the first Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

John McCarter Lifeboat Operations Manager speaking at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the first Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

Fr Francis Bradley, Parish Priest of Buncrana and Reverend Judi McGaffin, Church of Ireland Rector dedicating the newly names lifeboat at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

Some of the crowd at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the first Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

Joan Browne speaking at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

Jimmy Tyrrell, Honorary Life Govenor with John McCarter Lough Swilly, RNLI, Lifeboat Operations Manager naming the first Shannon Class lifeboat, 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

George O’Haygen, Amy McCarter, Mark Barnett, Coxswain, Barry Stevenson, Eamon Manon and Gregrory McDaid, crew at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the First Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

Liam McGee, John McCarter, Jimmy Tyrrell, Pat Heaney, Joan Browne and Reverend Judi McGaffin at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

Liam McGee, John McCarter, Pat Heaney, and Kate Heaney at the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the Shannon Class lifeboat 13-08 Derek Bullivant at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June. Photo – Clive Wasson

The first Irish Shannon Class lifeboat the 13-08 Derek Bullivant in action at Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station on Saturday the 25th of June after the naming ceremony. Photo – Clive Wasson