Benefactor leaves money for new lifeboat

Image source, RNLI/Peter Puddifatt

Image caption, Sennen Cove's previous D-class lifeboat saved 11 lives

Volunteer rescuers at a Cornwall lifeboat station have named their new boat after the mother of a man who left money in his will to pay for the vessel.

The formal naming and dedication of the 拢39,000 craft took place on Saturday.

John Chappell, RNLI operations manager at Sennen Cove, said the legacy was "generous".

The D-class inshore lifeboat was named Amy Brown after Michael Brown's mother.

"It's always a very special occasion when we welcome a new lifeboat to a station," said Mr Chappell.

Amy Brown replaces the station's former D-class inshore lifeboat, Spirit of the RLC, which was on station from 2004 to 2013.

During that time the lifeboat launched 61 times and rescued 34 people, saving 11 lives.