Rother-class lifeboat

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Class overview
Rother-class lifeboat Harold Salvesen departing Donaghadee
Builders:	William Osbourne, Littlehampton Goves/Gutterige, Cowes
Operators:	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Preceded by:	Oakley
Succeeded by:	Solent
Built:	1972–1982
In service:	1973–1995
Completed:	14
Retired:	14
General characteristics
Length:	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)and 48 ft 6 in (14.78 m)
Propulsion:	Two 52hp Ford Thornycroft diesels
Speed:	8 knots (9.2 mph; 15 km/h)
Complement:	7

The Rother-class lifeboat was a self-righting lifeboat operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland between 1972 and 1995. They are based on the Oakley-class of lifeboat.^[1]

History

Note: Op No's 37-01 to 37-26 were allocated to Oakley-class lifeboats

ON	Op. No.	Name	Built	In service	Principal stations	Further use^[2]
998	37-27	Osman Gabriel	1972	1973–1992 1992–1993	Port Erin Relief fleet
999	37-28	Diana White	1973	1973–1991 1991–1992	Sennan Cove Relief fleet	Named Joseph Day in Tauranga, NZ.
1000	37-29	Mary Gabriel	1973	1974–1990 1990–1992	Hoylake Rhyl	RNLI Museum Chatham
1022	37-30	Harold Salvesen	1973	1974–1986 1986–1992 1992–1992	Amble Relief fleet Rhyl
1023	37-31	J. Reginald Corah	1974	1975–1992	Swanage
1024	37-32	The Hampshire Rose	1974	1975–1990 1990–1991 1991–1991 1991–1992	Walmer Relief fleet Anstruther Relief fleet	Charter boat doing lifeboat trips ilfracombe devon]
1046	37-33	Silver Jubilee (Civil Service No. 38)	1977	1978–1991 1991–1993	Margate Relief fleet
1047	37-34	Horace Clarkson	1977	1977–1987 1987–1993	Moelfre Relief fleet
1048	37-35	Alice Upjohn	1976	1977–1992 1992–1995	Dungeness Relief fleet	Ivan Talley Rescue, Littleton, New Zealand.
1054	37-36	Shoreline	1979	1979–1982 1982–1993	Blyth Arbroath
1055	37-37	Duke of Kent	1982	1979–1993 1993–1994	Eastbourne Relief fleet	Survey Boat Tayport harbour.
1063	37-38	Princess of Wales	1982	1982–1992 1992–1993	Barmouth Relief fleet
1064	37-39	The Davys Family	1981	1981–1994 1986–1994	Shoreham Relief fleet
1068	37-40	James Cable	1982	1982–1993 1993–1994	Aldeburgh Relief fleet	To ADES 13, Uruguay

↑ "Rother class lifeboat". Lifeboats Online. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
↑ Denton, Tony (2009). Handbook 2009. Shrewsbury: Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 22–27.

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Classes of Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboats

Operational fleet

All-weather lifeboats	Mersey Severn Shannon Tamar Trent Tyne

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

Historic lifeboats

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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