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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Lifeboat
Location
Buckie
Vessel type
Oakley 37 ft Lifeboat
Archive reason
Historical Potential
Current use
Museum based
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Osbourne, William, Littlehampton
Built in
1965
Hull material
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
0
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Unknown
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
11.51
feet
(3.51
m)
Length: Overall
37.00
feet
(11.28
m)
Tonnage: Gross
0.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed
History
THE DOCTORS is an Oakley twin screw motor lifeboat, built by William Osbourne at Littlehampton in 1960. Her official number was 307849 and her lifeboat number was 983. She served at Anstruther from 1965 and was launched 62 times, saving 21 lives. She was put on display at Buckie Drifter Centre in April 1995.
Key dates
-
1965
Oakley class twin screw motor lifeboat
-
1965-91
In service as Anstruther lifeboat
-
1991-93
In service as Anstruther relief lifeboat
-
1993
Sold out of service
-
1995
On display at the Buckie Drifter Maritime Heritage Centre, Banff, Scotland
-
1999
Vessel last seen in enclosure outside the Buckie Drifter Maritime Heritage Centre
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