RML 497 is a Fairmile B motor launch boat and a unique survivor from the Second World War. The 34-meter long rescue vessel served in the Second World War as air sea rescue. She carried a crew of 16, working from bases all around Britain including Devon, Suffolk and Scotland.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy is delighted to be given the guidance that we can reopen our doors to visitors once more. Whilst this had been hinted at, it wasn’t clear until today that the 4 July was a definite date.
At the Cornish air station RNAS Culdrose, one hundred and twenty Royal Navy personnel are stepping up to help the community in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The Naval Air Station has three of its Merlin Mk2 helicopters on notice to deploy as air ambulances in order to support the NHS across the south west.
Currently life is on hold for many in the UK during lockdown. However, a specialist team put together by the National Museum of the Royal Navy have continued working hard to restore D-Day legend LCT 7074.
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