Arklow | National Historic Ships

Registration number 1898

Status Archived

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Previous names

1938 - 1973 Inbhear Mor

Details

Function Service Vessel

Subfunction Lifeboat

Location NONE

Vessel type Watson Class Lifeboat

Archive reason Disposed

Current use Unknown

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Groves & Gutteridge Ltd, Cowes

Built in 1938

Hull material Wood

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type None

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

12.00 feet (3.66m)

Depth

4.00 feet (1.22m)

Length: Overall

41.00 feet (12.51m)

Tonnage: Gross

14.00

History

This vessel served as the lifeboat at Arklow, Southern Ireland, from 1938 until 1968. Built by Groves & Gutteridge as ON807. She was launched eighty-seven times, saving ninety-eight lives. She then became part of the relief fleet and, in that guise, took twenty-three calls, rescuing forty-two people. ARKLOW was sold out of service circa 1973 by Dickie's at Bangor, North Wales. She has subsequently been converted for use as a pleasure craft, with her interior re-fitted in mahogany. New engines and a gearbox have also been put in.

Although she has now been disposed of we arestill lacking historical information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us.