Registration number 1776
Status Registered
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Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Lifeboat
Location Donaghadee
Vessel type Oakley 37 ft Lifeboat
Current use Ongoing conservation
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder White, J Samuel & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Built in 1961
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
11.51 feet (3.51m)
Depth
5.00 feet (1.53m)
Length: Overall
36.98 feet (11.28m)

History

Built by J S White as the CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN; a 37ft Oakley fitted with twin Perkins P4M diesels. A gift from the Gulbenkian Foundation to RNLI in 1961. Served at Weston Super Mare from 1961 to 1970 and then on reserve. The lifeboat took part in a notable rescue in 1984 when on relief duty at Hastings: She was launched in a heavy gale and rendezvoused with a container ship where she took off a sick crew member.

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