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JOSEPH SOAR is a Watson Class Motor Lifeboat of timber construction with twin Gardner diesel engines model 5LW. She was built by J Samuel White of Cowes, Isle of Wight in 1962 and placed on service at St Davids in 1963; in 1985 she was transferred to Dunbar and in 1988 transferred to Shoreham Harbour.
She was withdrawn from service in 1990 and sold out of service in 1992. Throughout her life with the RNLI JOSEPH SOAR was launched 134 times and saved 53 lives.
Ex RNLB ‘Joseph Soar (Civil Service No. 34) ON 971, underwent a full and extensive 18 month refit in 2012 and is maintained to exacting, ‘As-in-Service’ standards.
She is now almost exclusively used in promotion and fundraising for the RNLI. She regularly visits dozens of RNLI Stations, throughout Great Britain and Ireland each year in support of fundraising operations.
Visitors are warmly welcomed aboard the vessel at most of these events. (Tides, weather and access permitting). Event details, Programmes and Passage Plans are normally available on her Facebook Page, “Ex Rnlb Joseph Soar”, where you can also book tours of the vessel.
If you are the owner of this vessel and would like to provide more details or updated information, please contact info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk
National Historic Ships UK acknowledges the financial support of its sponsors