Liverpool-class lifeboat

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Class overview
Liverpool class lifeboat William Cantrell Astley
Operators:	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
General characteristics
Type:	Motor lifeboat
Length:	34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) - 40 ft (12 m)

The Liverpool class lifeboat was operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) from its stations around the coasts of the United Kingdom and was one of the first motor lifeboats available to RNLI stations.

History

Description

Fleet

Single screw boats

ON	Name	In service	Principal Station	Comments
750	Oldham	1931–1952	Hoylake
760^[1]	Anne Allan^[2]	1932–1953	Skegness
764	Nellie and Charlie	1933–1950	Anstruther
765	Fifi and Charles	1933–1961	Weston-super-Mare
766	The Always Ready	1933–1954	Runswick
770	Harriot Dixon	1934–1964	Cromer
771	The Three Sisters	1934–1954	Coverack
772	Elizabeth and Albina Whitley	1934–1948 1948–1952	Flamborough Relief fleet
773	Joseph Braithwaite	1934–1939	Maryport
781	W.R.A.	1936–1954	North Sunderland
782	Margaret Dawson	1936–1955 1955–	Gourdon Relief fleet
786	Foresters Centenary	1936–1961	Sheringham	Known as Airman's lifeboat. Now in a museum in Sheringham
791	Elizabeth Wills Allen	1937–1950 1950–1953	Seaham Harbour Relief fleet
792	Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest	1937–1949 1949–1959 1959–1964	St Abbs Scarborough Llandudno
793	Clarissa Langdon	1937–1962	Boulmer
794	Richard Silver Oliver	1937–1939 1940–1945 1945–1952 1953–1961 1961–1963	Cullercoats Newquay Ilfracombe Criccieth Relief fleet
795	Frank and William Oates	1937–1951 1951–1955 1955–1964	Exmouth Girvan Relief fleet
796	Herbert John	1937–1937	–	Destroyed during build
797	Howard D	1935–1948 1948–1953 1953–1955	St Helier Flamborough Arbroath	Located at the Maritime Museum in Jersey.^[3]
798	Ann Isabella Pyemont	1937–1965	Kilmore Quay
800	Sarah Ann Austin	1937–1961	Blackpool
825	Herbert John	1939–1952 1952–1966	Cloughey Youghal	Now in private ownsership.^[4]
827	George and Elizabeth Gow	1934–1939	Maryport
831	Caroline Oates Aver and William Maine	1940–1948	St Ives
832	Lucy Lavers	1940–1958	Aldeburgh	This Lifeboat was one of the Little Ships of the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940
833	The Cuttle	1940–1953	Filey
834	Jose Neville	1941–1964	Caister	Now a fishing vessel named Concorde in Southwold.^[5]

Twin screw boats

ON	Name	In service	Principal Station	Comments
839	W. and B.	1940–1942	Prototype	Destroyed in an Air Raid
850	Cecil Paine	1945–1965 1965–1972 1972–1973	Wells Kilmore Quay Relief fleet
861	Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child	1948–1968 1968–1970 1970–1975 1975–1982	St Ives Relief fleet Blackpool Relief fleet
862	Thomas Corbett	1948–1970 1970–1974 1974–1981	Ramsey Hoylake Clogher Head	Now in private ownership in Birkenhead.^[6]
863	St. Albans	1948–1970	New Quay
864	The Chieftain	1949–1982	Barmouth
869	Anthony Robert Marshall	1949–1968 1968–1972 1972–1979	Rhyl Relief fleet Abersoch
870	William and Laura	1949–1980	Newcastle
871	William Cantrell Ashley	1949–1968	Clovelly	Now at Hoylake Lifeboat Museum.^[7]
872	JB Couper of Glasgow	1949–1953 1953–1965 1966–1971 1971–1972	St. Abbs Kircudbright Youghal Relief fleet
873	George Elmy	1950–1965 1963–1969 1969–1972	Seaham Harbour Relief fleet Poole	Underwent restoration before being displayed in Seaham.^[8]
874	Robert Lindsay	1950–1953 1955–1960 1961–1968	Arbroath Girvan Criccieth
875	Richard Ashley	1950–1966	Newbiggin
876	James and Ruby Jackson	1950–1965 1965–1967	Anstruther Relief fleet
877	George and Caroline appointment	1950–1974	Clogher Head
882	BHMH	1951–1973 1973–1981 1981–1984	Minehead Relief fleet Clogher Head
891	Bassett Green	1951–1962 1962–1969	Padstow Poole
892	Aguila Wren	1951–1964 1965–1972	Aberystwyth Redcar
893	Clara and Emily Barwell	1951–1963 1963–1968	Eyemouth Relief fleet
894	Oldham IV	1952–1970	Hoylake
895	Edith Clauson-Thue	1952–1969	Gourdon
896	Isaac and Mary Bolton	1951–	Cullercoats
902	Constance Calverley	1952–1965 1965–1970	Cloughey Relief fleet
903	Helen Harris - Manchester & District XXXI	1952–1972	Peel
904	Robert and Phemia Brown	1952–1966	Ilfracombe
905	Katherine and Virgoe Buckland	1953–1972	Pwllheli
906	Ross W. MacArthur of Glasgow	1953–1964 1964–1968	St Abbs Relief fleet	Sold to Caister Lifeboat and renamed Shirley Jean Ayde in 1973. Sold to Pembroke Dock Authority and renamed Mariners Friend in 1992. Sold into private ownership 1994^[9]
914	Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II	1953–1959	Llandudno^[10]
915	Friendly Forester	1953–1983	Flamborough	Now at the maritime museum at Blackgang Chine^[11]
916	Mary Noble	1953–1962 1962–1970 1970–1973	Exmouth Blackpool Relief fleet
917	ISA and Penryn Milsted	1953–1968	Fley
918	Eliott Gill	1953–1970 1970–1974	Runswick Relief fleet
927	Grace Darling	1954–1967 1967–1971 1971–1984	North Sunderland Relief fleet Youghal	Now at Chatham Historic Dockyard^[12]

References

↑ Skegness Lifeboats – An illustrated History. Author: Leach, Nicholas. Publisher:Landmark Publishing Ltd. Year Published:2008. Work: Page 117, Appendices – list of Skegness Lifeboats. ISBN 9781843064243
↑ "National Register of Historic Vessels – Anne Allan". National Historic Ships UK. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
↑ "National Register of Historic Vessels - Howard D". National Historic Ships UK. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
↑ "National Register of Historic Vessels - Herbert John". National Historic Ships UK. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
↑ "Caister Lifeboats - Jose Neville". Caster Lifeboat. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
↑ "National Register of Historic Vessels - Thomas Corbett". National Historic Ships UK. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
↑ "Historic 'Liverpool Class' lifeboat at Albert Dock Pirate Festival". Bay TV Life Liverpool. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
↑ "National Register of Historic Vessels - George Elmy". National Historic Ships UK. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
↑ "Caster Lifeboats - Shirley Jean Ayde". Caster Lifeboat. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
↑ "Tillie Morrison Sheffield II". Llandudno Lifeboat. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
↑ "National Register of Historic Vessels - Friendly Forester". National Historic Ships UK. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
↑ "National Register of Historic Vessels - Grace Darling". National Historic Ships UK. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

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Inshore lifeboats	B Class: Atlantic 75 Atlantic 85 D class: IB1 E Class: Mark I Mark II H Class (hovercraft)

Small inflatables	Arancia X-class XP-class Y-class

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Up to 10 knots	Barnett Liverpool Norfolk and Suffolk Oakley Peake Ramsgate Rother Solent Surf Watson

Above 10 knots	Arun Brede Clyde Thames Waveney Nelson

Inshore lifeboats	A Class: Hatch McLauchlan B Class: Atlantic 21 C Class: Zodiac IV D Class: EA16

Experimental lifeboats	Medina

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