Har-Lil | National Historic Ships

Registration number 3539

Status Registered

paula.palmer

Details

Function Service Vessel

Subfunction Lifeboat

Location South Ferriby

Vessel type Lifeboat - Oakley Class

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Osborne, William, Littlehampton

Built in 1967

Hull material Wood

Number of decks 1

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 2

Primary engine type Diesel

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

11.50 feet (3.51m)

Depth

3.00 feet (0.91m)

Length: Overall

37.50 feet (11.43m)

Tonnage: Gross

12.00

History

HAR-LIL was built for the RNLI in 1968 by William Osbourne and served at Rhyl until 1990. Over the years she has had a number of restorations, in 1982, a radar was added to the vessel and a wheelhouse conversion was carried out in August 1985.

In 1986, the hull was found rotten during a survey and it had to be re-planked. This was done in West Cowes and she was returned to station in 1987 after leaving Rhyl.

In December 1990 she went to Dickies Marine, in Bangor, then on to ABC and was placed in relief fleet before being put up for sale in October 1990. After she had been sold she had was moved by road to St David's Sea Life Centre before going on to South Ferriby in 2005 for restoration. The vessel is currently still in South Ferriby under private ownership.