Penros | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2039

Status Registered

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Previous names

RNLB Matthew Simpson.823

Details

Function Service Vessel

Subfunction Rescue

Location Hayling Island

Vessel type Lifeboat - Watson Class

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions 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 (3.63m)

Depth

4.20 feet (1.28m)

Length: Overall

41.00 feet (12.51m)

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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