Registration number 1898
Status Archived
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Previous names

  • 1938 - 1973 Inbhear Mor

Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Rescue
Location NONE
Vessel type Lifeboat - Watson Class
Archive reason Disposed
Current use Unknown
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Groves & Gutteridge Ltd, Cowes
Built in 1938
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type None
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
12.00 feet (3.66m)
Depth
4.00 feet (1.22m)
Length: Overall
41.00 feet (12.51m)
Tonnage: Gross
14.00

History

This vessel served as the lifeboat at Arklow, Southern Ireland, from 1938 until 1968. Built by Groves & Gutteridge as ON807. She was launched eighty-seven times, saving ninety-eight lives. She then became part of the relief fleet and, in that guise, took twenty-three calls, rescuing forty-two people. ARKLOW was sold out of service circa 1973 by Dickie's at Bangor, North Wales. She has subsequently been converted for use as a pleasure craft, with her interior re-fitted in mahogany. New engines and a gearbox have also been put in.

 

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