Registration number 1898
Status Archived
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Previous names

  • 1938 - 1973 Inbhear Mor

Details

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

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.

Although she has now been disposed of we arestill lacking historical information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us.

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