Registration number
2258
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Lifeboat
Location
Donaghadee
Vessel type
Watson 46.9 Class Lifeboat
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
White, J Samuel & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Built in
1953
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
12.75 feet
(3.89m)
Depth
4.60 feet
(1.40m)
Length: Overall
46.90 feet
(14.30m)
History
Built in 1954 by J Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight, GUY AND CLARE HUNTER is a Watson Class lifeboat of timber construction and twin Ford Mermaid engines, model 595. She served at the Isles of Scilly Station from 1954 to 1980 and was involved in many high profile recues icluding the TORREY CANYON wreck. She took up duties at the Penlee Station in 1982 after the previous lifeboat was lost with all hands in 1981. She is the only 46.9 foot Watson lifeboat afloat in completely original service condition. Although currently ashore for a refit, she remains in full seagoing trim.
Key dates
-
1953
Built by J Samuel White & Co of Cowes, Isle of Wight as a lifeboat
-
1954
She served at the Isles of Scilly Station until 1980
-
1982
She took up duties at Penlee station after the ‘Solomon Browne’ was lost with all hands in Dec 1981
-
2008
Bought by present owner
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