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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Launch
Location
Hayling Island
Vessel type
Watson Class Lifeboat
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
No
Construction
Builder
Groves & Gutteridge Ltd, Cowes
Built in
1939
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
3
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
11.90
feet
(3.63
m)
Depth
4.20
feet
(1.28
m)
Length: Overall
41.00
feet
(12.51
m)
Tonnage: Gross
0.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed
History
Built in 1939 by Groves & Guttridge as a Watson Class Lifeboat, PENROS was the first RNLI lifeboat to be converted from petrol to diesel in 1963, when she was fitted with a Ford Parsons Porbeagle engine, 48 hp. She then toured the coast of Britain stopping at many lifeboat stations to show the conversion.
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