Name The Robert

RNLB THE ROBERT ON955 is a 47ft Watson class built in 1960. She is the only RNLI lifeboat to have served in all 4 countries. The Robert started her service at Broughty Ferry near Dundee and was there for 18 years until she was converted to be fully self righting. Her next service was in Baltimore SW Ireland where she was the first lifeboat launched in the Fastnet disaster in 1979. 

She also served at Lytham St Annes and Beaumaris before retiring in 1992 as the last Watson lifeboat in service. The current owners took her back to Baltimore in 2019 for the 40th Anniversary commemoration of the Fastnet disaster. Now based in Dartmouth and kept in commission as part of the UK’s maritime heritage