Registration number
2178
Status
Registered
adminnhs
Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Lifeboat
Location
Chatham
Vessel type
Lifeboat - Liverpool Class
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.
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