Registration number 2178
Status Registered
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Grace Darling - port side view, in Chatham
Grace Darling - interior shot of engines, Chatham
bow view
view from above
Grace Darling
Grace Darling at Seahouses station
Grace Darling
Grace Darling
Grace Darling Chatham

Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Lifeboat
Location Chatham
Vessel type Liverpool Class Lifeboat
Current use Museum based
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Web address http://www.chdt.org.uk/

Construction

Builder Groves & Gutteridge Ltd, Cowes
Built in 1954
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
10.69 feet (3.26m)
Length: Overall
35.48 feet (10.82m)

History

GRACE DARLING is a Liverpool lifeboat, fitted with twin FKR 3 engines. She was based at North Sunderland from 1954 to 1967 and then Yougal from 1971 to 1984. She was launched 106 times in total and saved 34 lives. GRACE DARLING was sold in 1985 and put on display at Chatham Historic Dockyard from April 1996.

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