Registration number 2693
Status Registered
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Dunleary II at Bristol Harbour
Dunleary II wheelhouse
starboard side view
Dunleary II interior
Dunleary II interior
Dunleary II moored at O’Connell Bridge for Dublin Lifeboat Day April 1951
Dunleary II naming ceremony 1938

Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Lifeboat
Location Bristol
Vessel type Watson 46 Class Lifeboat
Current use Private use
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder White, J Samuel & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Built in 1938
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 2
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
46.00 feet (14.02m)
Breadth: Beam
12.00 feet (3.66m)
Depth
3.00 feet (0.91m)
Tonnage: Gross
20.00

History

DUNLEARY II is a Watson Class lifeboat of teak double diagonal construction and has twin BMC diesel engines. She was built by J Samuel White of Cowes, Isle of Wight in 1938 and was commissioned to Kingston (Dun Laoghaire, Ireland) and remained there until 1967 when she was replaced by a new lifeboat. Subsequently she served at Lochinver, Plymouth, Cowes and Troon until sold out of service in 1974.  Whilst in RNLI service she was launched 138 times and saved 145 lives. 

After de-commissioning she was converted for private use by J Hinks & Son of  Appledore and purchased by Captain T Mann, later owned by Mr P Claydon before being bought by her present owner. She is now used as a houseboat in Bristol. 

Update, November 2024: Vessel for sale.

Key dates

  • 1938

    Built by J Samuel White of Cowes, Isle of Wight asa Lifeboat for the RNLI
  • 1938-67

    Served as the Lifeboat for Kingston, Dun Laoghaire
  • 1957

    Renamed Dun Laoghaire
  • 1967-69

    Vessel relocated to Lochinver as the Lifeboat
  • 1970

    Vessel relocated to Torbay as the Lifeboat
  • 1971-72

    Vessel relocated to Troon as the Lifeboat.
  • 1974

    Sold to Capt T Mann of Liverpool and converted into a Houseboat.  Whilst in RNLI Service she was launched 138 times and saved 145 lives
  • 2006

    Sold to present owner
  • 2011

    Forward Spray Rails replaced in Iroko, ply inserts removed from hull on both sides
  • 2013

    Hull repainted
  • 2015

    Vessel is in Wapping Wharf, Bristol Floating Harbour in good condition and used as a Houseboat

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