44-009 "Helen Turnbull" leaving Sheerness Harbour during a Violent Storm, winter of 1989/1990 Photo John Mercer Click here to send this photo as an e-mail card.

Unnamed, was USCG boat 44328

Built: 1964 at USCG Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland, USA

Engines: 2 x 200hp Cummins V6

1973 - 2 x 250hp Ford Mermaid 595T

1982 - 2 x 203hp Caterpillar D3208

Trials 1964-1967, Launches 7, Lives saved 9

Relief Fleet (stationed at 22 stations in all) 1.2.1967-6.3.1996, Launches 291, Lives saved 100

Donor: General Funds

Cost: ?

 

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At Ramsgate 3/4/78

Photo Lutz Zetzsche

At Poole 1989

John F. Kennedy

Built: 1966 at Brooke Marine Lowestoft

Engines:2 x 215hp Cummins V6

1983 - 2 x 203hp Caterpillar D3208

Dun Laoghaire 5.1967-4.1990, Launches 238, Lives saved 161

Relief 4.1990-1996, Launches 72, Lives saved 10

Donor: Legacy of Miss C M H Gibson, and RNLI Funds

Cost: £33,000

Photo Lutz Zetzsche

At Amble

Photo Nicholas Leach

At Hartlepool July 1994

Khami

Built: 1967 at Brooke Marine Lowestoft

Engines: 2 x 215hp Cummins V6

1981 - 2 x 203hp Caterpillar D3208

Gt Yarmouth & Gorleston 19.8.1967-5.1980, Launches 234, Lives saved 71

Relief 5.1980-1997, Launches 240, Lives saved 90

Donor: Gift of Mr and Mrs T G Bedwell

Cost: £33,361

Photo Ron Fagence

At Gorleston Spring 1971

Photo Henry Carter

At Gorleston

Faithful Forester

Built: 1967 at Brooke Marine Lowestoft

Engines: 2 x 215hp Cummins V6

1982 - 2 x 203hp Caterpillar D3208

Dover 26.7.1967-2.10.1979, Launches 202, Lives saved 140

Relief 7.10.1979-11.6.1984 , Launches 49, Lives saved 18

Holyhead 12.6.1984-14.9.1985, Launches 25, Lives saved 26

Relief 14.9.1985-27.6.1997, Launches 98, Lives saved 28

Donor: Ancient Order of Foresters

Cost: £35,000

Photo John Angier

At Polpero Lifeboat Day August 1995

Photo Nicholas Leach

Dunmore East, April 1997

 

Margaret Graham

Built: 1967 at Brooke Marine Lowestoft

Engines: 2 x 215hp Cummins V6

1982 - 2 x 203hp Caterpillar D3208

Harwich 27.9.1967-3.1980, Launches 173, Lives saved 77

Relief 5.1980-1986, Launches 49, Lives saved 14

Amble 9.6.1986-24.7.99, Launches 166, Lives saved 6

Donor: An anonymous gift

Cost: £37,838

Photo Lutz Zetzsche

Leaving Amble Harbour to assist the grounded "Around Britain Race" leader.

Leaving Amble on the 24th July 1999, which marked the end of the Waveneys in service with the RNLI.

Arthur and Blanche Harris

Built: 1968 at Brooke Marine Lowestoft

Engines: 2 x 215hp Cummins V6

1979 - 2 x 203hp Caterpillar D3208

Barry Dock 14.3.1968-1974, Launches 109, Lives saved 44

Relief 1974-1979, Launches 33, Lives saved 7

Donaghadee 23.8.1979-12.1986, Launches 8, Lives saved 43

Relief 1986-1993, Launches 56, Lives saved 18

Courtmacsherry 5.1993-9.1995, Launches 17, Lives saved 7

Relief 1995-1996, Launches 2, Lives saved 0

Donor: Legacy of Mrs B A L Harris

Cost: £35,000

 

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Connel Elizabeth Cargill

Built: 1968 at Brooke Marine Lowestoft

Engines: 2 x 215hp Cummins V6

1982 - 2 x 203hp Caterpillar D3208

Troon 8.1968-8.1985, Launches 45, Lives saved 66

Arklow 7.3.1986-6.1990, Launches 29, Lives saved 19

Relief 1990-1997, Launches 33, Lives saved 3

Donor: W A Cargill Charitable Trust

Cost: £34,386

Photo Nicholas Leach

At Dunbar on relief 1994

Photo John Angier

On relief at Blythe 23 July 1996

Eric Seal (Civil Service No. 36)

Built: 1974 at Groves & Guttridge Cowes

Engines: 2 x 260hp General Motors GM 8V-53

Eyemouth 7.2.1974-3.1996, Launches 153, Lives saved 45

Donor: Civil Service Lifeboat Fund

Cost: £100,000

Photo Nicholas Leach

At Eyemouth

Helen Turnbull

Built: 1974 at Groves & Guttridge Cowes

Engines: 2 x 260hp General Motors GM 8V-53

Sheerness 4.4.1974-3.1996, Launches 649, Lives saved 297

Achill 28.8.1996-1.1998, Launches 9, Lives saved 0

Relief 1.1998-11.1998, Launches 24, Lives saved 7

Donor: Legacy Mr J B Turnball, and Medway Lifeboat Appeal

Cost: £100,000

Photo Paul Russell

At Sheerness

Photo John Mercer

At Sheerness, winter 1989/90

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Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse II

Built: 1974 at Groves & Guttridge Cowes

Engines: 2 x 260hp General Motors GM 8V-53

Plymouth 22.5.1975-1.1988, Launches 182, Lives saved 91

Fowey 26.1.1988-1996, Launches 169, Lives saved 35

Relief 1996-1997, Launches 4, Lives saved 0

Donor: Legacy of Mr T Field

Cost: £100,000

Photo John Angier

At Looe Lifeboat Day while at Fowley 20 August 1994

Photo John Angier

At Fowley May 1996

Augustine Courtauld

Built: 1974 at Groves & Guttridge Cowes

Engines: 2 x 260hp General Motors GM 8V-53

Poole 11.1974-10.1983, Launches 106, Lives saved 32

Relief 10.1983-1985, Launches 8, Lives saved 5

Troon 25.8.1985-10.1987, Launches 53, Lives saved 38

Relief 29.10.1987-5.6.1990, Launches 9, Lives saved 0

Arklow 5.6.1990-2.1997, Launches 78, Lives saved 26

Stored at Poole 6.4.1997-10.5.1999, Launches 1, Lives saved 1

Donor: Gift Mr W P Courtauld, and Mayor of Poole’s Appeal

Cost: £81,000

Photo Nicholas Leach

At Arklow August 1995

Photo RNLI

At Arklow

The White Rose of Yorkshire 

Built: 1974 at Groves & Guttridge Cowes

Engines: 2 x 260hp General Motors GM 8V-53

Whitby 24.11.1974-12.1988, Launches 239, Lives saved 51

Invergordon 1.4.1989-5.1996, Launches 66, Lives saved 10

Relief 5.1996-1999, Launches 1, Lives saved 0

Donor: Gift of Miss G Milburn

Cost: £79,018

Photo Ulrich Hoerner

At Invergorden 8/8/95

Photo RNLI

Thomas James King

Built: 1974 at Groves & Guttridge Cowes

Engines: 2 x 260hp General Motors GM 8V-53

St Helier 3.2.1975-12.1989, Launches 288, Lives saved 155

Relief 1989-1993, Launches 20, Lives saved 11

Dunbar 1.8.1993-1.1996, Launches 21, Lives saved 0

Relief 1996-1997, Launches 0, Lives saved 0

Donor: Proceeds of Jersey Lifeboat Appeal

Cost: £100,000

Photo from my collection

At Cowes, Isle of White 11/5/84

St. Patrick

Built: 1974 at Groves & Guttridge Cowes

Engines: 2 x 260hp General Motors GM 8V-53

Dunmore East 19.3.1975-10.1996, Launches 252, Lives saved 83

Donor: Proceeds of Irish Lifeboat Appeal

Cost: £100,000

Photo Nicholas Leach

Dunmore East, August 1995

Lady of Lancashire

Built: 1975 at Groves & Guttridge Cowes

Engines: 2 x 260hp General Motors GM 8V-53

Fleetwood 21.1.1976-15.10.1989, Launches 170, Lives saved 95

Dun Laoghaire 20.3.1990-10.1.1995, Launches 80, Lives saved 4

Relief 10.1.1995-2.11.1996, Launches 4, Lives saved 0

Donor: An anonymous gift

Cost: £85,967

Photo Ulrich Hoerner

At Dun Laoghaire 6/8/1990

Photo RNLI

At Fleetwood

Ralph and Joy Swann

Built: 1976 at Bideford Ship Yard N. Devon

Engines: 2 x 250hp Ford Mermaid 595T

1981 - 2 x 250hp Caterpillar D3208T

Ramsgate 14.7.1976-4.1990, Launches 292, Lives saved 199

Tobermory 6.8.1990-2.1991, Launches 14, Lives saved 2

Portree 2.5.1991-6.6.1996, Launches 60, Lives saved 4

Relief 6.1996-1998, Launches 13, Lives saved 1

Donor: Legacy Mrs A G Cranthorne, and RNLI funds

Cost: £130,000

Photo from my collection

At Ramsgate

Photo Ray Noble

At Ramsgate

The Nelsons of Donaghadee, from 1979 Wavy Line

Built: 1976 at Bideford Ship Yard N. Devon

Engines: 2 x 250hp Ford Mermaid 595T

1978 - 2 x 250hp Caterpillar D3208T

1980 - 2 x 250hp Caterpillar D3208T

Donaghadee 10.1976-7.1977, Launches 1, Lives saved 0

Relief 1978-1990, Launches 111, Lives saved 51

Sunderland 17.4.1990-28.3.1997, Launches 113, Lives saved 20

Relief: 28.3.1997-6.3.1998, Launches 0, Lives saved 0

Donor: Wavy Line Grocers Association

Cost: £174,688

Photo John Angier

On relief at Amble 24 July 1996

Photo Nicholas Leach

At Sunderland 1994

The Scout

Built: 1976 at Bideford Ship Yard N. Devon

Engines: 2 x 250hp Ford Mermaid 595T

1982 - 2 x 250hp Caterpillar D3208T

Hartlepool 17.2.1977-7.1997, Launches 250, Lives saved 10

Donor: The Scout Association

Cost: £122,000

Photo Nicholas Leach

At Teesmouth Lifeboat Day July 1996

Photo Paul Russell

Louis Marchesi of Round Table

Built: 1976 at Bideford Ship Yard N. Devon

Engines: 2 x 250hp Ford Mermaid 595T

1981 - 2 x 250hp Caterpillar D3208T

Newhaven 24.5.1977-9.8.1985, Launches 289, Lives saved 134

Relief: 9.8.1985-10.1986, Launches 0, Lives saved 0

Alderney 23.10.1986-7.3.1994, Launches 170, Lives saved 123

Exmouth 8.7.1994-6.7.1996, Launches 39, Lives saved 5

Relief 5.12.1996-20.4.1997, Launches 1, Lives saved 0

Donor: National Association of Round Tables, Gt Britain

Cost: £150,000

Photo John Angier

At Poole depot 10 June 1997

Photo Paul Russell

John Fison

Built: 1980 at Fairey Marine Cowes

Engines: 2 x 250hp Caterpillar D3208T

Harwich 11.3.1980-6.10.1996, Launches 232, Lives saved 97

Relief 6.10.1996-24.9.99, Launches 25, Lives saved 3

Donor: Gift of Mrs D E Fison and Mrs Knowles, legacy of Mrs Sutcliffe

Cost: £260,000

Photo Paul Russell

At Harwich

Photo John Angier

At Harwich 1 January 1995

Barham

Built: 1980 at Fairey Marine Cowes

Engines: 2 x 250hp Caterpillar D3208T

Gt Yarmouth & Gorleston 30.5.1980-3.1996, Launches 254, Lives saved 71

Relief 4.1996-17.1.1999, Launches 25, Lives saved 11

Donor: Legacies of Mr C A S Stringer and Mrs A G Miles

Cost: £260,000

Photo Paul Russell

At Goleston

Photo Ian Moignard

This photo shows Barham leaving St. Helier on the 17th January 1999, which was also her last day in service for the RNLI

The William and Jane

Built: 1982 at Fairey Marine Cowes

Engines: 2 x 250hp Caterpillar D3208T

Blyth 26.10.1982-12.1995, Launches 136, Lives saved 43

Larne 19.3.1996-11.1998, Launches 23, Lives saved 11

Donor: Legacies of Miss Hewson, Mrs Grey, Mr Dunn, and others

Cost: £319,940

Photos Rick Tomlinson

At Blyth

Total Launches 7105, Total Persons Rescued 2809

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