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Read the latest edition
18th June 2007
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This site is dedicated to the remarkable 44' Motor Lifeboats, a boat in which her crew always had the confidence that she would bring them safely back to port.
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The 44' MLB was designed by the U.S. Coast Guard, with work starting on the prototype (USCG 44300) in April 1961, which was completed on the 9 March 1962. A total of 110, 44' MLB's were built for the U.S. Coast Guard, with the last boat (USCG 44409) being completed in 1972.
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There was a great interest shown in the 44' MLB at the Ninth International Lifeboat Conference in Scotland in 1963, which eventually resulted in several countries adopting the design with some modifications for their own lifesaving organisations.
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The RNLI in Britain acquired the USCG 44328 in 1964 and built a further 21, naming the class "Waveney" after the river in which the first boats were built. The Canadian Coast Guard received the USCG 44353 in 1966 and built a further 17. The Italian Coast Guard purchased the USCG 44337 and USCG 44338 while the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue and the Portuguese Institute for Lifesaving both built two boats. A further ten boats were built under licence in England for Iranian Coast Guard, bringing the total in all to 162.
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As a measure of the success of the design of this boat, over half of the decommissioned US Coast Guard 44 MLB's have been transfer to foreign maritime services, under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program and more than half of the RNLI's Waveney's have now started a new era of lifesaving in Australia, New Zealand, Uruguay and Canada, over 40 years on!!!
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If you have not been lucky enough to have experienced this boat or doubt the qualities of it, why not follow the link below to my guest book and see what some of the crewmembers have to say.
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Guest Book
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It is my aim to accumulate as much information as possible, for inclusion on this site. I am particularly interested in finding out where each boat was stationed and during which years and to have at least one photo of each boat, see "Wanted Photos" below. Can you help? Before this information is lost forever!!!! If you can, I would very much like to hear from you. (e-mail)
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As far as I know, this is the only site on the Internet which is dedicated purely to the 44ft Lifeboat!!!
If you are a member on Facebook, Fickr or the Coast Guard Channel Community, please feel free to join my groups there.
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Flickr |
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Coast Guard Channel Community |
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Technical |
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Technical Manuals |
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Engine Room |
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Self-righting |
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Hydrostarters |
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Technical Data |
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Technical Drawings |
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Conversion and Restoration |
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Builders Plaques |
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Paint Codes and Schemes
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Photo Gallery &
Data Centre |
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U.S. Coast Guard |
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U.S. Coast Guard Detailed
Photos |
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U.S. Coast Guard Detailed
Photos of 44319 |
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The Quillayute River
Lifeboat Disaster (USA) |
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44393 and 44363 at Quillayute
River (USA) |
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FV-Liberty Rescue - 44329 (USA) |
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RNLI (Waveney Class) |
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RNLI (Waveney Class) Detailed Photos |
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44-001/USCG 44328 Photos |
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44-016 Detailed Photos |
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44-016 at Ramsgate (14.7.1976-90) |
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44-016 at Tobermory (6.8.1990-91) |
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44-016 at Portree (2.5.1991-6.6.1996) |
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44-016 at Port Howard (7.1998-Present)
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44-016 in the Relief Fleet |
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44-016 Service Boards |
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Canadian Coast Guard |
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The Norwegian Society
for Sea Rescue |
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Italian Coast Guard |
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Portuguese Institute
for Lifesaving |
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Iranian Coast Guard |
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Royal Volunteer Coastal
Patrol (Australia) |
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Royal New Zealand Coastguard
Federation |
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Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary |
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ADES (Uruguay) |
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Sea Rescue Institute
of Namibia |
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44ft Lifeboat Replacements |
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52ft Motor Lifeboats |
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Ex 44ft Lifeboats |
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44's For Sale |
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Model 44ft Lifeboats |
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Movies |
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Art Gallery |
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What's Been Written
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Book Reviews |
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- The Quillayute River
Lifeboat Disaster (USA)
- Seattle Times
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- 44ft Motor Lifeboats (USA)
- Quarterdeck
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The grounding of 44392 (USA) |
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Past Tragedy Leads to Safer Future (USA) |
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- Boatswain's Mates
Don't Cry, By
Dennis L. Noble. About
the Quillayute River Lifeboat Disaster (USA)
- From Deb Bailey's
Homepage
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- Coast Guard 44-foot
motor lifeboat part of realistic rescue display (USA)
- From Pacific Tides Online web site
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- Handling heavy surf in the USA (UK)
- RNLI Lifeboat Magazine
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- Pleasure Craft Vir-Gin
(USA)
- By BMC Gary Hudson
Ret.
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USCG 44304 Biggest Breaker (USA)
By BMC Gary Hudson Ret. |
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- Trawler saved in violent storm - Silver
Medal Service (UK)
- RNLI Lifeboat Magazine
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- The 44373 Accident (USA)
- By BMC Mike Williams Ret.
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- The Capsizing of 44407 (USA)
- By BMC Mike Williams Ret.
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- Four US boats for Coast Guard to arrive
by Monday (Guyana)
- Stabroek News
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- Chatham’s Lifeboat Comes Home,
40 Years Later (USA)
- The Cape Cod Chronicle
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- Coast Guard Boat Decommissioned (USA)
- The Holland Sentinel
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New Waveney Class Lifeboats (New Zealand) |
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The 44 News
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Downloads |
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Desktop Wallpaper |
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44 Paper Models
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Crew Talk |
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44 Chat |
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The
44ft Lifeboat Forum |
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Medal Awards |
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BMCM Tom McAdams, USCG (Ret.) Interview |
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USCG Cape Disappointment Reunion May 2007
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Kids Corner |
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Painting |
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View Painting |
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Print Drawing |
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Jigsaws |
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Melt Beads |
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Print Melt Beads Pattern |
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A to Z |
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Spot The Difference |
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Search and Rescue |
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Semaphore
.... Flash! |
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Find the Fleet |
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This & That |
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About This Site |
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44 Trivia |
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Semaphore |
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International Maritime
Signal Flags |
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Weather Conditions
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Links |
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Links (No Frames) |
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