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17th January 2005
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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 recived 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.
 
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, nearly 40 years on!!!
 
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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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 (see Photo Request below) of each boat. Can you help? Before this information is lost forever!!!! If you can, I would very much like to hear from you. (e-mail)
 
As far as I know, this is the only site on the Internet which is dedicated purely to the 44ft Lifeboat!!!
 

 

 Technical

Engine Room ..... Updated 20/10/04

 

Self-righting ..... Updated 22/1/01

Technical Data ..... Updated 19/1/03
Technical Drawings ..... Updated 24/3/04

Conversion and Restoration ..... Updated 16/11/03
Builders Plaques ..... Updated 3/7/04

 

Paint Codes and Schemes ..... Updated 15/11/04

 

Photo Gallery & Data Centre

U.S. Coast Guard ..... Updated 22/5/05

U.S. Coast Guard Detailed Photos ..... Updated 12/9/04

U.S. Coast Guard Detailed Photos of 44319 ..... New 27/6/02

The Quillayute River Lifeboat Disaster (USA) ..... Updated 11/9/01

44393 and 44363 at Quillayute River (USA) ..... Updated 13/11/04

RNLI (Waveney Class) ..... Updated 10/10/04

44-001/USCG 44328 Detailed Photos ..... Updated 13/11/04

44-016 Detailed Photos ..... Updated 8/9/03

44-016 at Ramsgate (14.7.1976-90) ..... Updated 8/9/03

44-016 at Tobermory (6.8.1990-91) ..... Updated 16/1/02

44-016 at Portree (2.5.1991-6.6.1996) ..... Updated 25/11/00

44-016 at Port Howard (7.1998-Present) ..... Updated 6/5/01

44-016 in the Relief Fleet ..... Updated 10/11/00

44-016 Service Boards ..... Updated 10/11/00

Canadian Coast Guard ..... Updated 10/1/05

The Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue ..... Updated 23/10/03

Italian Coast Guard ..... Updated 13/1/03

Portuguese Institute for Lifesaving ..... Updated 12/6/05

Iranian Coast Guard ..... Updated 24/1/03

Medina Class ..... Updated 13/1/03

Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol (Australia) ..... Updated 31/5/04

Royal New Zealand Coastguard Federation ..... Updated 1/7/03

Canadian Lifeboat Institution ..... Updated 13/2/03

ADES (Uruguay) ..... Updated 1/4/01

Sea Rescue Institute of Namibia ..... Updated 22/9/02

44ft Lifeboat Replacements ..... Updated 21/4/05

Ex 44ft Lifeboats ..... Updated 23/6/05

44's For Sale ..... Updated 6/5/05

Model 44ft Lifeboats ..... Updated 26/12/04
Movies ..... Updated 13/6/04

Art Gallery ..... Updated 7/6/05

 

 

 

 

What's Been Written ?

Book Reviews ..... Updated 6/4/04

The Quillayute River Lifeboat Disaster (USA)
Seattle Times ..... Updated 11/2/01

44ft Motor Lifeboats (USA)
Quarterdeck ..... Updated 11/1/02

The grounding of 44392 (USA) ..... New 4/7/01

Boatswain's Mates Don't Cry, By Dennis L. Noble. About the Quillayute River Lifeboat Disaster (USA)
From Deb Bailey's Homepage ..... New 13/2/00

Coast Guard 44-foot motor lifeboat part of realistic rescue display (USA)
From Pacific Tides Online web site ..... New 6/8/02

Handling heavy surf in the USA (UK)
RNLI Lifeboat Magazine ..... New 6/8/00

Pleasure Craft Vir-Gin (USA)
By BMC Gary Hudson Ret. ..... New 22/6/01

Trawler saved in violent storm - Silver Medal Service (UK)
RNLI Lifeboat Magazine ..... New 7/9/00

The 44373 Accident (USA)
By BMC Mike Williams Ret. ..... New 27/2/01

The Capsizing of 44407 (USA)
By BMC Mike Williams Ret. ..... New 27/2/01

Four US boats for Coast Guard to arrive by Monday (Guyana)
Stabroek News ..... New 27/7/01

Chatham’s Lifeboat Comes Home, 40 Years Later (USA)
The Cape Cod Chronicle ..... New 21/10/02

Coast Guard Boat Decommissioned (USA)
The Holland Sentinel ..... New 11/11/02

 
New Waveney Class Lifeboats (New Zealand) ..... Updated 20/11/00

 

Downloads

Desktop Wallpaper ..... Updated 6/6/04

 

Crew Talk

The 44ft Lifeboat Forum ..... Updated 9/1/01 Powered by Bravenet

Medal Awards ..... Updated 9/12/04

 

Kids Corner

Painting ..... Updated 5/5/02

View Painting ..... Updated 30/10/00

Print Drawing ..... New 8/1/00

Jigsaws ..... New 7/11/00

Melt Beads ..... Updated 5/5/02

Print Melt Beads Pattern ..... New 3/6/99

A to Z ..... New 5/3/03

Spot The Difference ..... Updated 20/1/00

Search and Rescue ..... Updated 26/2/01

Semaphore ..... New 12/10/00 .... Flash!

Find the Fleet ..... New 21/1/00 

This & That

About This Site ..... New 19/12/02

44 Trivia ..... Updated 13/11/04

Semaphore ..... New 14/5/01

International Maritime Signal Flags ..... New 17/6/01

 

Weather Conditions ..... Updated 12/2/02

 

Links

Links ..... Updated 9/12/04

Links (No Frames) ..... Updated 9/12/04

Who's Linked To This Site ? ..... Updated 21/6/05

 

Who's Linked To This Site ? (No Frames) ..... Updated 21/6/05

Banner Exchange ..... Updated 9/3/02

Banner Exchange (No Frames) ..... Updated 9/3/02

 

How To Link To This Site  ..... Updated 28/9/02

You will be credited for your photos etc., plus you will have the knowledge that they will be gratefully received and will be enjoyed by many.

Any good photos of 44's and

Iranian Coast Guard/Imperial Iranian Navy
1601
1602
1604
1605
1606
1608
1609
1610

The Engine Room
(photos of engines)
RNLI - Cummins
Canadian Coast Guard - Isuzu
Iranian Coast Guard - Ford Sabre
The Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue - Volvo Penta

Ex 44ft Lifeboats
U.S. Coast Guard
USCG 44301
Still Stationed at Chatham, Massachusetts
USCG 44308
Now owned by ?
At ?
USCG 44309
Now owned by Purcell Equipment
At San Diego, California
USCG 44316
Now owned by ?
At ?
USCG 44317
Now owned by ?
At ?
USCG 44320
Now owned by ?
At ?
USCG 44327
Now owned by ?
At St. Paul, MN
USCG 44343
Now owned by North Carolina Maritime Museum
At Beaufort, North Carolina
USCG 44345
Now owned by ?
At ?
USCG 44349
Now owned by ?
At ?
USCG 44357
Now owned by ?
At ?
USCG 44360
Now owned by ?
At ?
USCG 44377
Now owned by Virginia Institute of Marine Science
At Gloucester Point, Virginia
USCG 44378
Now owned by ?
At ?
USCG 44380
Now owned by ?
At ?
USCG 44381
Now owned by ?
At ?
USCG 44382
Now owned by ?
At ?
USCG 44385
Now owned by ?
At ?
USCG 44388
Now owned by ?
At ?
USCG 44401
Now owned by ?
At ?

Canadian Coast Guard
CCGC CG 103
Now owned by ?
At ?
CCGC CG 104
Now owned by John Managh
At Golden, British Columbia
CCGC CG 105
Now owned by ?
At ?
CCGC CG 106
Now owned by ?
At ?
CCGC CG 108
Now owned by ?
At ?
CCGC CG 109
Now owned by ?
At ?
CCGC CG 115
Now owned by ?
At ?
CCGC CG 117
Now owned by ?
At ?
CCGC CG 118
Now owned by ?
At ?
CCGC CG 140
Now owned by ?
At Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
CCGC CG 141
Now owned by ?
At ?
CCGC CG Cap Goélands
Now owned by ?
At ?
CCGC CG Souris
Now owned by ?
At ?

Italian Coast Guard
CP 303
Now owned by Albanian Police
At ?
CP 304
Now owned by ?
At ?

Portuguese Institute for Lifesaving
UAM 666
Now owned by ?
At ?
UAM 673
Now owned by ?
At ?

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Clive Lawford.
 

 

 

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