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Registration number
2311
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Lifeboat
Location
Exmouth
Vessel type
Liverpool Class Lifeboat
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
White, J Samuel & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Built in
1933
Hull material
Wood
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
10.00 feet
(3.05m)
Depth
2.90 feet
(0.88m)
Length: Overall
35.50 feet
(10.83m)
History
An ex-RNLI lifeboat of the Liverpool class, NELLIE AND CHARLIE was built in 1933 by J Samuel White of Cowes, Isle of Wight. She is of double diagonal construction, her hull is of mahogany and she has a Ford diesel engine of 120 bhp installed in 1967. After serving as the Anstruther lifeboat from 1933 to 1950 she variously became a fishing boat, a ferry and a liveaboard cruiser on the East Coast of England until 2009 when she was moved to her present mooring at Sharpness Docks to be fitted as a more original looking motor cruiser. NELLIE AND CHARLIE is one of the few remaining single screw Liverpool Class lifeboats still in original hull condition.
Grants
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April - June 2010
A Sustainability Grant of £1,000 for remedial work was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships
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