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Registration number
2180
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Lifeboat
Location
Hartlepool
Vessel type
Oakley 37 ft Lifeboat
Current use
Museum based
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Groves & Gutteridge Ltd, Cowes
Built in
1962
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
11.51 feet
(3.51m)
Length: Overall
36.98 feet
(11.28m)
History
Built by Groves and Guttridge as the ROBERT AND DOROTHY HARDCASTLE ON966 a 37ft Oakley fitted with twin Perkins P4M diesels.. Stationed at Boulmer1962 to 1968 and at Filey 1968 to 1993. In total, launched 210 times and saved 30 lives. Sold in 1993. On display at Hartlepool power station from February 1998.
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