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Registration number
1684
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Lifeboat
Location
Newport
Vessel type
Self Righter Class Lifeboat
Current use
Museum based
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Web address
http://shipwreckcentre.com/
Construction
Builder
White, J Samuel & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Built in
1922
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Gaff Yawl
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
10.49 feet
(3.20m)
Length: Overall
40.00 feet
(12.20m)
History
Built in 1922 by J Samuel White at Cowes, Isle of Wight, LANGHAM is RNLI lifeboat number 676. Her hull is made of double diagonal mahogany planking with larch, pitch pine and oak internally. She originally had two timber masts rigged with gaff sails and could be sailed, rowed or motored. As the first motorised lifeboat on the Isle of Wight she spent 17 years as the Bembridge Lifeboat, rescuing 71 people, and then went into auxiliary rescue service in 1939. During her career she was launched 100 times and saved 97 lives.
In 1990 she was spotted at Largs in Scotland by Martin Woodward, Cox of the Bembridge lifeboat. He bought her, transported her back to the Isle of Wight and, after some years of looking for someone to restore her, reached agreement with the Classic Boat Museum at Newport, Isle of Wight where she is currently kept in the Museum’s restoration shed.
The hull of LANGHAM is pretty much in original form although there's no engine. The decks now need replacing, hence our imminent appeal for funds.
Sources
Leach, Nicholas, Lifeboats and Lifeboat Stations in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Lifeboat Enthusiats Society
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