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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