Liverpool-class lifeboat

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Former Clovelly, twin engined RNLB William Cantrell Astley (ON 871)
Class overview
Builders
Operators Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Succeeded by Oakley
Built
  • Single engine: 1931–1941
  • Twin engine: (1940), 1945–1954
In service1931–1992
Completed
  • Single engine: 28
  • Twin engine: 32
Retired60
General characteristics
Type Motor lifeboat
Displacement6–8 tons
Length35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Beam
  • single: 10 ft (3.0 m) – 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
  • twin:10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
Propulsion
  • single engine:
  • 1 x 35 hp (26 kW) Weyburn AE6 6-cyl. petrol
  • 1 x 47 hp (35 kW) Parsons Porbeagle 4-cyl. diesel
  • twin engine:
  • 2 x 18 hp (13 kW) Weyburn AE4 4-cyl. petrol
  • 2 x 20 hp (15 kW) Ferry Kadenacy FKR3 3-cyl. diesel
  • 2 x 32 hp (24 kW) Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel
Speed6.5–7.5 knots (12.0–13.9 km/h; 7.5–8.6 mph)
Range70–120 nautical miles (130–220 km; 80–140 mi)
Crew7

The Liverpool-class motor lifeboat was a non-self-righting lifeboat operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) from its stations around the coast of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The boats were designed for carriage launching and were developed from the Liverpool-Class Pulling and Sailing type of lifeboats. There were two types built, single and twin engined.

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History

The Liverpool-class lifeboat, designed by Scottish naval architect James Rennie Barnett, was derived from the 35ft 6in Self-righting motor-class lifeboat and had many similarities with it. Lifeboat men at many stations preferred non-self-righting lifeboats due to their better stability and the Liverpool-class was designed to be light enough for carriage launching at these stations. The single-engined version entered service in 1932 and was powered by an RNLI designed, Weyburn Engineering built AE6 six-cylinder 35 horsepower (26 kW) petrol engine mounted in a watertight compartment. Like all early motor lifeboats, the Liverpool class carried an auxiliary sailing rig and had a drop keel just forward of the engine room. 28 boats were built between 1931 and 1941. [1]

The introduction of tractors to assist with carriage launching enabled the RNLI to consider a heavier, twin-engined version of the Liverpool class and a prototype was ordered, but it was destroyed in an air-raid at the builder's yard at Cowes in May 1942. Production got underway early in 1945 and the boat was powered by two 18 hp (13 kW) Weyburn AE4 four-cylinder petrol engines mounted in a watertight compartment. The extra redundancy of twin engines reduced the need for auxiliary sails. 31 boats were built between 1945 and 1954, the last 16 of which were powered by twin 20 hp (15 kW) Ferry Kadenacy FKR3 3-cylinder Diesel engines. [1]

Description

The Liverpool-class was based on the 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) Self-righting motor introduced in 1929, but had greater beam (10 ft (3.0 m) rather than 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)) and much shallower end-boxes. The shelter was extended forward to cover the engine compartment, which was watertight and allowed the engine to continue to operate as long as the air intake was not submerged. The single propeller was protected by the keel. The twin-engined variant was visually very similar but had 8 in (20 cm) more beam and the twin propellers were in protective tunnels.

In the mid-1960s, the petrol engines in the first ten twin-engined boats were replaced by 47 hp (35 kW) Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel engines (as were a couple of the later Ferry-engined boats). Only one single-engined boat, Lucy Lavers (ON 832), was re-engined, with a 47-hp Parsons Porbeagle 4-cyl. diesel engine. [1]

Fleet

Single engine

ON [a] NameBuiltIn service [2] StationComments [2] [1]
750Oldham19311931–1952 Hoylake [Note 1] Sold 1952.
Renamed Grey Lass but broken up at Hoylake, November 1955.
760Anne Allan19321932–1953 Skegness [Note 2] Sold 1953.
Restored to original condition, at Padstow, September 2025. [3]
764Nellie and Charlie19331933–1950 Anstruther [Note 3] Sold April 1951.
At R.W. Davis & Sons Ltd. Sharpness, September 2024. [4]
765Fifi and Charles19331933–1962 Weston-super-Mare [Note 4] Sold October 1962.
Renamed Wyvern. Last reported at Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France, August 2008.
766The Always Ready19331933–1934 Runswick [Note 5] Renamed Robert Patton - The Always Ready at the naming ceremony in 1934, following the loss of Coxswain Robert Patton, who died in February 1934, nine days after being badly injured on service.
766Robert Patton - The Always Ready19331934–1954 Runswick Sold May 1954.
Renamed Alaska, later Alaska I. Now as The Always Ready at Saul Junction Marina, Gloucestershire, April 2025. [5]
770 Harriot Dixon 19341934–1964 Cromer No.2 [Note 6] Sold December 1964.
Renamed Sareter. Now under restoration as Harriot Dixon at Stiffkey, Norfolk, December 2025.
771The Three Sisters19341934–1954 Coverack [Note 7] Sold 1954.
Renamed Gay Dawn 2, Patricia Mary, Coverack and finally Silent Waters. Wheelhouse added, but was broken up at Rhos-on-Sea, October 2008.
772Elizabeth and Albina Whitley19341934–1948 Flamborough [Note 8] Sold January 1953.
In storage as Albina at Stiffkey, Norfolk, December 2025
1948–1952Reserve fleet
773Joseph Braithwaite19341934–1949 Maryport [Note 9] Sold December 1952.
Last reported in storage as Seahawk in a back garden in Barry, Wales, January 2019.
1950–1952Reserve fleet
781W.R.A.19351936–1954 North Sunderland [Note 10] Sold 1958 to Guatemala Lifeboat Service, taking up service in 1959. See below.
1954–1958Reserve fleet
782Margaret Dawson19351936–1952 Gourdon [Note 11] Sold 1956.
Renamed LL23, Storm, Viking II and finally Viking. Wrecked and later broken up at Holyhead, June 2018.
1952–1955Reserve fleet
786 Foresters Centenary 19361936–1961 Sheringham [Note 12] Sold 1961.
On display since 2004 at The Mo Sheringham Museum, December 2025. [6]
791Elizabeth Wills Allen19361936–1950 Seaham [Note 13] Sold February 1953.
Awaiting restoration at Stiffkey, Norfolk, December 2025.
1950–1953Reserve fleet
792Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest19361936–1949 St Abbs [Note 14] Sold March 1965.
Named ARIF, at Bedwells Yard, Walton-on-the-Naze, August 2025.
1949–1952Reserve fleet
1952–1953 Bridlington
1953–1956Reserve fleet
1956–1958 Scarborough
1958–1959Reserve fleet
1959–1964 Llandudno
793Clarissa Langdon19371937–1962 Boulmer [Note 15] Sold March 1965.
Renamed Homewards, a workboat at Foula, Shetland Islands, December 2023.
1962–1963Reserve fleet
1963 Seaham
1963–1965Reserve fleet
794Richard Silver Oliver19371937–1939 Cullercoats [Note 16] Capsized on exercise at Cullercoats with the loss of 6 lives, 22 April 1939. [7]
Sold 1963, to the Chilean Lifeboat Service, renamed Valparaiso II and stationed at Lirquén, Chile. See below.
1940–1945 Newquay
1945–1952 Ilfracombe
1953–1961 Criccieth
1961–1963Reserve fleet
795Frank and William Oates19371937–1951 Eyemouth [Note 17] Sold 1964.
Renamed Seren-Y-Mor, fishing / trip boat at Tenby, September 2025.
1952–1955 Girvan
1956–1963Reserve fleet
1963–1964 Hastings
796Herbert John1937–(Cloughey) [Note 18] Destroyed by fire at the builder's yard, 18 June 1937.
797Howard D19371937–1948 St Helier [Note 19] Under German control at St Helier 1940–1945. Sold 1964.
Floating display, at Jersey Maritime Museum, July 2025. [8]
1948–1953 Flamborough
1953–1956 Arbroath
1956–1962Reserve fleet
1962–1963 Seaham
1963–1964Reserve fleet
798Ann Isabella Pyemont19371937–1965 Kilmore Quay [Note 20] Sold 1966.
Renamed Ann Isabella LO 61, modified (shortened stern) fishing boat, at Blakeney, Norfolk, December 2025.
799Helen Sutton19371937–1952 Peel [Note 21] Sold 1958 to Guatemala Lifeboat Service, taking up service in 1959. See below.
1952–1958Reserve fleet
800Sarah Ann Austin19371937–1961 Blackpool [Note 22] Sold August 1965.
As Sarah Ann Austin on River Deben at Woodbridge, Suffolk, October 2023. [9]
1962–1965Reserve fleet
825Herbert John19391939–1952 Cloughey [Note 23] Sold 1966.
Renamed Sea Drift, Paua, and Alexis. Restored to original condition as Herbert John at Southwold, June 2024. [10]
1952–1966 Youghal
827George and Elizabeth Gow19391939–1943 Aberdeen No.2 [Note 24] Sold 1965.
Renamed Clan Mackenzie, later The Gow. Now restored to original condition as George and Elizabeth Gow on the Yonne (river) at Migennes, France, December 2024.
1943–1946 RAF, Azores
1947–1962 Aberdeen No.2
1962–1964Reserve fleet
831Caroline Oates Aver and William Maine19391940–1948 St Ives [Note 25] Sold July 1960.
Last reported as fishing boat Caroline and William at Barmouth, 1969.
1948–1960 Ferryside
832 Lucy Lavers 19391940–1959 Aldeburgh No.2 [Note 26] This lifeboat was one of the Little Ships of the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940.
Sold 1968. Fully restored tour boat at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, December 2025. [11]
1959–1964Reserve fleet
1964 Hastings
1964–1968Reserve fleet
833The Cuttle19401940–1953 Filey [Note 27] Sold August 1966.
Lost off the Île d'Oléron, France, 6 October 1967.
1953–1964 Skegness
1964–1966Reserve fleet
834Jose Neville19411941–1964 Caister [Note 28] Sold August 1966.
Renamed Concorde LT 267, fishing vessel at Southwold, Renamed Valas by 2001, at Slaughden Quay, Aldeburgh, July 2024. [12]
1964–1966Reserve fleet
  1. ↑ ON is the RNLI's Official Number of the boat.

Twin engine

All twin-engined Liverpool-class lifeboat were 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)

ON [a] NameBuiltIn service [13] StationComments [1] [13]
839W. and B.1940––Prototype twin-engine Liverpool-class lifeboat, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 18-hp Weyburn AE4 4-cyl. petrol engines, destroyed in an air raid at builders yard, 4 May 1942
850 Cecil Paine 19451945–1965 Wells-next-the-Sea [Note 29] Sold 1973.
Renamed Patreo-Joao-Rangel. Last reported as a retired lifeboat at Sesimbra, Setepal, Portugal, April 2000
1965–1972 Kilmore Quay
1972–1973Relief fleet
861Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child19481948–1968 St Ives [Note 30] Sold 1983.
Renamed Eileena Anne. In storage as Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child at Stiffkey, Norfolk, December 2025.
1968–1970Reserve fleet
1970–1975 Blackpool
1975–1982Relief fleet
862Thomas Corbett19481948–1970 Ramsey [Note 31] Sold 1981.
Used by Venture Scouts at Crosshaven, Ireland. By 2003, at Birkenhead for restoration for display at Hoylake but sold in 2014. In storage at Stiffkey, Norfolk, December 2025. [14]
1970–1974 Hoylake
1974–1981 Clogherhead
863St. Albans19481948–1970 New Quay [Note 32] Sold December 1970.
Renamed Roadstone Pilot, later Lorraine. Broken up at Arklow, March 2005.
864The Chieftain19481949–1982 Barmouth [Note 33] Sold April 1982.
Restored to original condition by 2010, currently a working tour boat (summer) in Whitstable, December 2025. [15]
869Anthony Robert Marshall19491949–1968 Rhyl [Note 34] Sold 1980.
Renamed Ellen B (YH 126). In storage for restoration as Anthony Robert Marshall at Stiffkey, Norfolk, December 2025.
1968–1972Reserve fleet
1972–1979 Pwllheli
1979–1980Relief fleet
870William and Laura19491949–1980 Newcastle [Note 35] Sold September 1980.
Preserved since 1980 at Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, December 2025.
871William Cantrell Ashley19491949–1968 Clovelly [Note 36] Sold 1968.
Renamed St Cedd. Restored in Scarborough, operated as a trip boat in multiple locations. Since 2021, in private ownership as William Cantrell Ashley at Penarth Marina, September 2025. [16]
872J. B. Couper of Glasgow19491949–1953 St Abbs [Note 37] Sold February 1976.
Renamed Etoile Du Nord (GU5045). Since 2019, on display at the Peninsular Hotel, Vale, Guernsey, December 2025.
1953–1965 Kirkcudbright
1966–1971 Youghal
1971Reserve fleet
1971–1974 Poole
1974–1975Relief fleet
873 George Elmy 19501950–1962 Seaham [Note 38] Capsized on service at Seaham with nine lives lost, 17 November 1962.
Sold September 1972. Restored to original condition, on display since July 2013 at East Durham Heritage and Lifeboat Centre, Seaham, December 2025. [17]
1963–1969Reserve fleet
1969–1971 Poole
874 Robert Lindsay 19501950–1953 Arbroath [Note 39] Capsized on service at Arbroath with six lives lost, 27 October 1953.
Sold 1968. Under restoration since December 2022, at Stiffkey, Norfolk, December 2025.
1953–1955Reserve fleet
1955–1960 Girvan
1960–1961Reserve fleet
1961–1968 Criccieth
875Richard Ashley19501950–1966 Newbiggin [Note 40] Sold 1967.
Renamed Kirstey of Luing. Last reported as a yacht at Cushendall, Northern Ireland, 1980 (possibly lost at Dún Laoghaire)?.
876James and Ruby Jackson19501950–1965 Anstruther [Note 41] Sold 1969.
Renamed Galore (B 42). Lost at Dún Laoghaire, 1998.
1965–1967Reserve fleet
877George and Caroline Ermen19501950–1974 Clogherhead [Note 42] Sold July 1974.
Renamed Boreas. By 2009 it was a derelict hull at Camuscross on the Isle of Skye.
882B. H. M. H.19511951–1973 Minehead [Note 43] Sold 1985.
Renamed Kingfisher, Jense and Queen Eileen, at Tarbert (2004), later Windsor (2006), removed for restoration c.2011, completed 2019, last reported at Chiswick, River Thames, September 2020.
1973–1981Relief fleet
1981–1984 Clogherhead
891Bassett-Green19511951–1962 Padstow No.2 [Note 44] Sold 1969.
Renamed RYV and Aqua Nomad. In private ownership as Bassett-Green at Campbeltown, Scotland, June 2024.
1962–1969 Poole
892 Aguila Wren 19511951–1964 Aberystwyth [Note 45] Sold December 1972.
Under restoration at Donaghadee, Northern Ireland, December 2025. [18]
1965–1972 Redcar
893Clara and Emily Barwell19511951–1963 Eyemouth [Note 46] Sold February 1969.
Wheelhouse added for use as a fishing boat Ellie Lou (LT 546), Lowestoft, July 2024.
1963–1968Reserve fleet
894Oldham IV19521952–1970 Hoylake [Note 47] Sold October 1970.
Location unknown.
895Edith Clauson-Thue19521952–1969 Gourdon [Note 48] Sold 1969.
Renamed Rambler (SO 299). Last reported as a fishing boat at Courtown, Ireland, October 2002.
902Constance Calverley19521952–1965 Cloughey [Note 49] Sold 1970.
Renamed Sea Rover. Fishing boat with a wheelhouse added. Sunk at Youghal, Ireland, October 2002.
1965–1970Reserve fleet
903Helen Harris - Manchester & District XXXI19521952–1972 Peel [Note 50] Sold 1972.
Stored for restoration since 2019 at Yonne (river), Migennes, France, December 2024.
904Robert and Phemia Brown19521952–1966 Ilfracombe [Note 51] Sold 1967.
Last reported at Weymouth, Dorset, 1971.
905Katherine and Virgoe Buckland19521953–1972 Pwllheli [Note 52] Sold 1972.
Renamed Lord Hurcomb, later James Noel. Wheelhouse added, trip boat, Tenby, September 2025.
906W. Ross MacArthur of Glasgow19531953–1964 St Abbs [Note 53] Sold February 1969.
Renamed Viking of Wells.
Returned to service with Caister Lifeboat as Shirley Jean Ayde (1973–1991). See below.
1964–1968Reserve fleet
914Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II19531953–1967 Bridlington [Note 54] Sold 1969.
Renamed Rescue III for service with the Sumner Lifeboat Society, New Zealand. See below.
1967–1968Reserve fleet
915Friendly Forester19531953–1983 Flamborough [Note 55] Sold 1984.
Displayed at Blackgang Chine amusement park on the Isle of Wight. Sold 2017, on display at Thornwick Bay Holiday Village, Flamborough, Yorkshire, December 2025. [19] [20]
916Maria Noble19531953–1960 Exmouth [Note 56] Sold 1975.
Last reported under restoration, possibly as Jack Sam, as a youth training boat in Limerick, July 2015.
1960–1961Reserve fleet
1961–1970 Blackpool
1970–1973Reserve fleet
917The Isa and Penryn Milsted19531953–1968 Filey [Note 57] Sold 1968.
Renamed Achievable (YH15), a fishing boat with added wheelhouse, at Great Yarmouth, December 2023. [21]
918The Elliott Gill19531954–1970 Runswick [Note 58] Sold August 1974.
Renamed Gill of London, Santana, and Wendy and Barbara, used as a fishing boat. Fully restored as The Elliott Gill, based at Watchet, Somerset, July 2025. [22]
1970–1974Reserve fleet
927Grace Darling19541954–1967 North Sunderland [Note 59] Sold in 1985.
Initially on display at the Bristol Lifeboat Museum. On display since April 1996 in the RNLI Heritage Collection at Chatham Historic Dockyard, December 2025. [23]
1967–1971Reserve fleet
1971–1984 Youghal
  1. ↑ ON is the RNLI's Official Number of the boat.

Other fleets

RNLI ON [a] NameBuiltIn service [24] StationComments [24]
781W.R.A.
(Guatemala Lifeboat Service)		19351959–???? Guatemala
794Valparaiso II
(Chilean Lifeboat Service)		19371963–1978 Lirquén Damaged in service but then destroyed by vandals while awaiting repairs in 1978.
799Helen Sutton
(Guatemala Lifeboat Service)		19371959–???? Guatemala
906Shirley Jean Ayde
(Caister Lifeboat)		19531973–1991 Caister Sold to Pembroke Dock Authority in 1992 and renamed Mariners Friend. Sold into private ownership in 1994. By 2006, had returned to Caister Lifeboat, now on display as Shirley Jean Ayde at the Old Lifeboat House Museum, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, December 2025.
914Rescue III
(Sumner Lifeboat Society)		19531970–1992 Sumner
New Zealand 		Sold c.1992.
Unaltered condition, trip boat at New Plymouth, New Zealand, December 2025. [25]
  1. ↑ ON is the RNLI's Official Number of the boat.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft (3.0 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, gift of the Oldham LB fund, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, costing £3,995.
  2. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft (3.0 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mrs Allen, built by Thornycroft of Chiswick, costing £3,340.
  3. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft (3.0 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr Robinson, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, costing £3,416.
  4. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft (3.0 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr C. C. Ashley of Monton, France, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, costing £3,207.
  5. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft (3.0 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mrs E. B. Browne, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, costing £3,187.
  6. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr Dixon, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, costing £3,317.
  7. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft (3.0 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Miss Quiller-Couch, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, costing £3,248.
  8. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr Whitley, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, costing £3,295.
  9. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft (3.0 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr Braithwaite, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, costing £3,210.
  10. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacies of Mr Gardiner, Miss Savage and Miss Matthews, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, costing £3,447.
  11. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mrs M. Dawson, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, costing £3,437.
  12. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, gift of the Ancient Order of Foresters, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, costing £3,569.
  13. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, funded via the executors of the late Miss Allen, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, costing £3,776.
  14. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, gift of Miss A. Ronald and legacy of Mrs I. Forest, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, costing £3,771.
  15. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 1 in (3.07 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr W. Langdon, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, costing £3,669.
  16. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mrs Oliver, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, costing £3,684.
  17. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr Oates, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, costing £3,835.
  18. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, costing £3,838.
  19. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, gift of Mr T. B. Davies, built by Saunders-Roe of Cowes, costing £3,623.
  20. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, gift of Mr J. Pyemont, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, costing £3,908.
  21. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, funded via the executors of the late Mrs Sutton, built by Saunders-Roe of Cowes, costing £3,637.
  22. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mrs S. A. Walker and gift of the governors of the charity Skelton Bounty, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, costing £3,896.
  23. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mrs S. A. Walker and gift of the governors of the charity Skelton Bounty, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, costing £4,054.
  24. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mrs E. L. Gow, built by Morgan Giles of Teignmouth, costing £4,709.
  25. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacies of Mrs Aver and Miss Maine, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, costing £4,290.
  26. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr Laver and the estate of Mr E. J. Williams, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, costing £4,455. Re-engined with twin 47-hp Parsons Porbeagle 4-cyl. diesel engines, 1963.
  27. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Miss L. F. Cuttle, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, costing £4,444.
  28. ↑ 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Miss E. Neville, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, costing £4,474.
  29. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr A. C. Paine, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 18-hp Weyburn AE4 4-cyl. petrol engines, costing £7,462. Re-engined with twin 32-hp Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel engines, 1964.
  30. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacies of Mr Pol, Mr Child, Maj. Wilson and Miss Cockroft, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 18-hp Weyburn AE4 4-cyl. petrol engines, costing £9,752. Re-engined with twin 32-hp Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel engines, 1965.
  31. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, gift of the Thomas Corbett Charity, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 18-hp Weyburn AE4 4-cyl. petrol engines, costing £9,581. Re-engined with twin 32-hp Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel engines, 1964.
  32. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, gift of the St Albans LB fund, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 18-hp Weyburn AE4 4-cyl. petrol engines, costing £9,836. Re-engined with twin 32-hp Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel engines, 1964.
  33. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr P. C. Peek, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 18-hp Weyburn AE4 4-cyl. petrol engines, costing £9,943. Re-engined with twin 32-hp Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel engines, 1964.
  34. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr A. R. Marshall, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £11,763. Re-engined with twin 32-hp Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel engines, 1965.
  35. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Miss A. W. Clarke-Hall, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 18-hp Weyburn AE4 4-cyl. petrol engines, costing £10,844. Re-engined with twin 32-hp Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel engines, 1965.
  36. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr C. C. Ashley of Menton, France, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 18-hp Weyburn AE4 4-cyl. petrol engines, costing £10,964. Re-engined with twin 32-hp Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel engines, 1964.
  37. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr Couper, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 18-hp Weyburn AE4 4-cyl. petrol engines, costing £10,899. Re-engined with twin 32-hp Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel engines, 1965.
  38. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Miss Elmy, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 18-hp Weyburn AE4 4-cyl. petrol engines, costing £10,983. Re-engined with twin 32-hp Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel engines, 1963.
  39. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr Lindsay Jr., built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £11,857.
  40. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr C. C. Ashley of Menton, France, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £13,154.
  41. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr Jackson, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £13,231.
  42. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr Ermen, by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £14,596.
  43. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacies of Mr Bailey and Mrs Hall, a gift from Mr Heys, plus an anonymous gift, built by Rowhedge Ironworks of Rowhedge, Essex, with twin 18-hp Weyburn AE4 4-cyl. petrol engines, costing £13,913. Re-engined with twin 32-hp Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel engines, 1964.
  44. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, gift of Mr Bassett-Green, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £14,038.
  45. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, gift of the Aguila Wren Memorial Fund, plus the legacy of Mr Moorhouse, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £14,038.
  46. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacies of the Misses C. and E. Barwell, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £14,008.
  47. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, from RNLI funds, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £14,162.
  48. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacies of Miss Edith Clauson-Thue, of Bournemouth, Miss Victoria Anderson, of Edinburgh, and Sir Robert Lockhart, of Kirkcaldy, built by (Unknown), with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £14,436.
  49. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Miss Calverley, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £14,337.
  50. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Miss Harris, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £13,764.
  51. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Capt. Brown, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £14,200.
  52. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacies of Cmdr. Buckland and Mr Woodhead, and gift of the British Services Charity, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £14,395.
  53. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr Ross MacArthur, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £14,398.
  54. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr Whitaker, plus RNLI funds, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £14,482.
  55. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, gift of the Ancient Order of Foresters, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £15,738. Re-engined with twin 32-hp Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel engines, 1969.
  56. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacies of Mr Noble, Mr West, Mrs Andrews and Mr Williams, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £14,594.
  57. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Mr Milsted, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £14,881.
  58. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, legacy of Miss Gill, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £15,254.
  59. ↑ Liverpool-class lifeboat, from RNLI funds, built by Groves and Guttridge of Cowes, with twin 20-hp Ferry Kadency FKR3 3-cyl. diesel engines, costing £15,040. Re-engined with twin 32-hp Perkins 4.107 4-cyl. diesel engines, 1971.

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