Nellie and Charlie | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2311

Status Registered

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At the Fowey Harbour ex-lifeboat event, July 2015

Details

Function Service Vessel

Subfunction Lifeboat

Location Exmouth

Vessel type Liverpool Class Lifeboat

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder White, J Samuel & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight

Built in 1933

Hull material Wood

Number of decks 1

Number of masts 2

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Inboard diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

10.00 feet (3.05m)

Depth

2.90 feet (0.88m)

Length: Overall

35.50 feet (10.83m)

History

An ex-RNLI lifeboat of the Liverpool class, NELLIE AND CHARLIE was built in 1933 by J Samuel White of Cowes, Isle of Wight. She is of double diagonal construction, her hull is of mahogany and she has a Ford diesel engine of 120 bhp installed in 1967. After serving as the Anstruther lifeboat from 1933 to 1950 she variously became a fishing boat, a ferry and a liveaboard cruiser on the East Coast of England until 2009 when she was moved to her present mooring at Sharpness Docks to be fitted as a more original looking motor cruiser. NELLIE AND CHARLIE is one of the few remaining single screw Liverpool Class lifeboats still in original hull condition.