Barry Dock's new all-weather lifeboat has been launched over 50 times in less than a year.
The Shannon Class lifeboat, which cost nearly £2.8 million, arrived at its new home at the RNLI station last March, before officially going into service in June.
On Sunday, the Richard and Caroline Colton II crossed the Bristol Channel to make its first visit to Burnham-on-Sea for a joint training session.
It was formally greeted by the local Atlantic 85 and D-Class lifeboats at the pontoons at Burnham-on-Sea Motor Boat and Sailing Club, where volunteer crews and their families were welcomed on board.
Hugh 'Spud' Davies, deputy coxswain at RNLI Barry Dock, said: "It was a fantastic opportunity to work alongside our colleagues at Burnham-on-Sea RNLI."
"Joint exercises like this are invaluable for strengthening teamwork and ensuring we’re all prepared to respond effectively when the call goes out. The warm welcome from the Burnham crew was greatly appreciated, and the training was both productive and enjoyable."
"We’re proud to share the same lifesaving mission and look forward to working together again in the future."
Many hours of crew training and assessments have been carried out on board the new lifeboat, named after a late benefactor to the RNLI and his wife.
The Shannon class lifeboat officially replaced the former Trent class all-weather lifeboat last summer after over 20 years of service.
Nathan Meager, helsman of the Atlantic 85 ILB at Burnham, added: "This is the first time the new Shannon class lifeboat had visited Burnham so it was great to see her capabilities and train together."
"After tours of the Shannon on the sailing club pontoon, we conducted a towing exercise involving both boats taking it in turns, towing Barry Dock lifeboat in front of Burnham’s town beach."
"Once concluded, we did some slow speed transfers with Burnham’s Atlantic class lifeboat. Slow speed transfers involve the smaller inshore boats coming alongside the bigger all weather boat while both boats are moving, which we use to create a stable platform to transfer crew and casualties between both boats."
"A thoroughly good morning’s training and our thanks to the crew of Barry Dock as well as Burnham’s sailing club for the use of the pontoon."
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