Grace Darling | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2178

Status Registered

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Grace Darling - port side view, in Chatham

Grace Darling - interior shot of engines, Chatham

Details

Function Service Vessel

Subfunction Lifeboat

Location Chatham

Vessel type Liverpool Class Lifeboat

Current use Museum based

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Web address http://www.chdt.org.uk/

Construction

Builder Groves & Gutteridge Ltd, Cowes

Built in 1954

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

10.69 feet (3.26m)

Length: Overall

35.48 feet (10.82m)

History

GRACE DARLING is a Liverpool lifeboat, fitted with twin FKR 3 engines. She was based at North Sunderland from 1954 to 1967 and then Yougal from 1971 to 1984. She was launched 106 times in total and saved 34 lives. GRACE DARLING was sold in 1985 and put on display at Chatham Historic Dockyard from April 1996.