Registration number
1762
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Lifeboat
Location
Chatham Historic Dockyard
Vessel type
Lifeboat - Oakley Class
Current use
Museum based
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Web address
http://www.rnli.org.uk/home.asp
Construction
Builder
Osborne, William, Littlehampton
Built in
1957
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
11.51 feet
(3.51m)
Length: Overall
37.00 feet
(11.28m)
History
Built by William Osbourne as the J G GRAVES OF SHEFFIELD, this is a twin screw motor lifeboat, fitted with twin Perkins P4M diesel engines. She was on station at Scarborough from 1958 to 1978, and then at Clogger Head from 1988 to 1991. She was on relief from 1978 to 1988 and 1991 to 1993. In total, she was launched 124 times and saved 14 lives. From April 1996, she went on display at Chatham Historic Dockyard.
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