Registration number 2244
Status Registered
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Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Lifeboat
Location Lawrenny
Vessel type Self Righter Class Lifeboat
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Saunders Roe, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Built in 1929
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
8.82 feet (2.69m)
Length: Overall
35.48 feet (10.82m)

History

Built in 1929 by Saunders Roe as the CITY OF NOTTINGHAM ;a 35ft 6 self righter fitted with a single Weyburn AE 6.  Stationed at Hythe, Kent, from 1930 to 1936 and at Clovelly, Devon, from 1936 to 1949. Saved a total of 43 lives. Renamed MARGARET ROSE and DAUNTLESS before reverting to CITY OF NOTTINGHAM.

In 1949, she became the mail service supply vessel travelling Lundy Island, Devon, before becoming a live aboard.  She was purchased by her current owner in 2004, who has restored her to her current condition.  She has now been fitted with a diesel engine, and is still with her traditional blue and white colours.  She is in good condition and any maintenance work has been done like for like to fit in with her original design.

Currently in Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire, where the owner keeps her along with his other lifeboat.

 

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