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Name: Stenoa

Certificate number: 426

Status:

Registered

Function:

Service Vessel

Sub Functional Area:

Lifeboat

Type:

Watson Lifeboat

Location:

Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England

Current use:

Private: operating

  • Length Overall:

    13.87 metres (45.50 feet)

  • Gross Tonnage:

    17.78

  • Registered Tonnage:

    9.36

  • Displacement Tonnage:

    21.30

  • Draught:

    1.37 metres (4.50 feet)

  • Maximum Breadth:

    3.81 metres (12.50 feet)
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History

Built 1929 by J Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight, a lifeboat launched with the name CECIL AND LILIAN PHILPOT. Her hull is double diagonal built of mahogany and her current engines are twin Ford 4SD 72 hp.

She was on station at Newhaven from 1930 to 1960 and was in the RNLI reserve fleet until 1969. In her service time she was launched 235 times and saved 148 lives. She attended the Dunkirk evacuations during World War II.

She was sold out of service in 1969 to her present owner, renamed STENOA and has been used as a family cruiser since then. In 1997 she had a bowsprit, main and mizzen mast fitted and was seen at that time at Walton-on-the Naze, Essex.

These brief histories are compiled from details supplied by vessel owners and enthusiasts and from various reference works. National Historic Ships would be grateful for any corrections of facts or additional information for inclusion. Please contact ron.ellis@nationalhistoricships.org.uk

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