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Registration number
3539
Status
Registered
paula.palmer
Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Lifeboat
Location
South Ferriby
Vessel type
Oakley 37 ft Lifeboat
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Osborne, William, Littlehampton
Built in
1967
Hull material
Wood
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
2
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
11.50 feet
(3.51m)
Depth
3.00 feet
(0.91m)
Length: Overall
37.50 feet
(11.43m)
Tonnage: Gross
12.00
History
HAR-LIL was built for the RNLI in 1968 by William Osbourne and served at Rhyl until 1990. Over the years she has had a number of restorations, in 1982, a radar was added to the vessel and a wheelhouse conversion was carried out in August 1985.
In 1986, the hull was found rotten during a survey and it had to be re-planked. This was done in West Cowes and she was returned to station in 1987 after leaving Rhyl.
In December 1990 she went to Dickies Marine, in Bangor, then on to ABC and was placed in relief fleet before being put up for sale in October 1990. After she had been sold she had was moved by road to St David's Sea Life Centre before going on to South Ferriby in 2005 for restoration. The vessel is currently still in South Ferriby under private ownership.
Key dates
-
1968
Vessel built in Littlehampton for the RNLI
-
1982
Radar added
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