Registration number
1776
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Lifeboat
Location
Donaghadee
Vessel type
Oakley 37 ft Lifeboat
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
White, J Samuel & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Built in
1961
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
11.51 feet
(3.51m)
Depth
5.00 feet
(1.53m)
Length: Overall
36.98 feet
(11.28m)
History
Built by J S White as the CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN; a 37ft Oakley fitted with twin Perkins P4M diesels. A gift from the Gulbenkian Foundation to RNLI in 1961. Served at Weston Super Mare from 1961 to 1970 and then on reserve. The lifeboat took part in a notable rescue in 1984 when on relief duty at Hastings: She was launched in a heavy gale and rendezvoused with a container ship where she took off a sick crew member.
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