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Registration number
2458
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Lifeboat
Location
Chatham
Vessel type
Watson Class Lifeboat
Current use
Museum based
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Web address
http://www.rnli.org.uk/home.asp
Construction
Builder
White, J Samuel & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Built in
1951
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
2
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
12.75 feet
(3.89m)
Depth
30.00 feet
(9.15m)
Length: Overall
46.75 feet
(14.26m)
History
NORTH FORELAND is a Watson class lifeboat built by J Samuel White of Cowes, Isle of Wight in 1951. The vessel is of double diagonal timber construction and her full name on entering service was NORTH FORELAND: CIVIL SERVICE NO.11. She served as the Margate lifeboat from 1951 to 1978 and during this time she was launched 395 times saving 216 lives. Then transferring to the Relief Fleet from 1978 to 1982 when she was sold out of service. After display at the Bristol Lifeboat Museum NORTH FORELAND was placed on static display at Chatham Historic Dockyard.
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