Palmer-class lifeboat

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The Palmer-class lifeboat was an early design of small lifeboat used by the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (RNIPLS) in the middle years of the nineteenth century.

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Design

George Palmer was a London businessman. He joined the committee of the RNIPLS in 1826, just two years after its founding, and later became its deputy chairman. One of the organisation's activities was to provide lifeboats and it bought them from several sources. Palmer offered a design based on a whaleboat, narrow and pointed at both ends. It was given extra buoyancy by the use of cork fittings and air chambers. [1]

Palmer lifeboats

ON [a] NameBuiltBuilderCostIn serviceStationLengthOarsComments
—Mariner's FriendJan 1827Tredwen, Padstow£501827–1856 Padstow 23 ft 0 in
(7.01 m)		4 [2]
——Mar 1827Shore, Blackwall£951827–1856
1838–1851		 Holy Island
North Sunderland 		27 ft 0 in
(8.23 m)		6 [2]
Pre-131—May 1828Taylor£551828–1853
1853–1859		 Cemlyn
Rhoscolyn 		25 ft 8 in
(7.82 m)		5/6 [3] [4]
——June 1828Harton£561828–1853 Barmouth 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [3] [5]
Pre-128—18281828–1841 Newburgh
——June 1828Taylor£551828–1840 Peel 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [6]
Pre-144—May 1829McVeagh, Holyhead£601828–1858 Holyhead 32 ft 0 in
(9.75 m)		8Palmer designed modified by Sparrow.
——1829Harton£551829–1840 Ramsey 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [7] [8]
Pre-145—May 1929McVeagh, Holyhead£601830
1830–1853		 Beaumaris
Rhoscolyn 		26 ft 3 in
(8.00 m)		6Palmer designed modified by Sparrow. [3] [4]
Pre-150AssistanceMar 1830Harton£571832–1857 Appledore 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [9] [7]
Pre-151—Aug 1830Harton£601831–1848
1848–1853
1853–1865		 Penmon
Moelfre
Cemlyn 		26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		5/6 [3] [4] [10]
Pre-155—1831Harton£601832–1842 Tynemouth 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [7] [11]
Pre-156—May 1831Harton£591832–1856 Rye 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [3]
Pre-161—1833Harton£601836–1838 Dymchurch 25 ft 0 in
(7.62 m)		 [7]
——1834Harton£651835–1843 Laugharne [7]
Pre-166—1834Harton£631835–1852 Berwick-upon-Tweed 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [7] [12]
——Sep 1835Harton£621835–1851 Mostyn [7] [13]
——Oct 1835Harton£621836–1851 Swansea 26 ft 6 in
(8.08 m)		6 [7]
——Jul 1836Taylor£671836–1846 Burnham-on-Sea 26 ft 3 in
(8.00 m)		6For the port of Bridgwater. [7]
——1837Taylor£701837–1858 Brighton 28 ft 2 in
(8.59 m)		10Operated by the Brighton Humane Society. [14]
Pre-178VictoriaJun 1837Taylor£681837–1859 Aberdovey 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [3] [13]
——Mar 1839Taylor£761839–1857 Youghal 27 ft 0 in
(8.23 m)		6 [7] [2]
——1839Taylor£701839–1855 Rosslare Fort 27 ft 0 in
(8.23 m)		5 [3]
Pre-184Heroine18391839–1851
1851–1857		 Humber
Hornsea 		25 ft 6 in
(7.77 m)		Initially with no name, later becoming Heroine.
——1839Harton1839–1855 Robin Hood's Bay [7]
Pre-196—May 1840Taylor£761840–1861 Llanddwyn 27 ft 0 in
(8.23 m)		5/6 [4]
——Jul 1840Taylor£771844–1855 Derrynane 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		5/6 [3]
——Jan 1843Taylor£771844–1855 Aberystwyth 26 ft 9 in
(8.15 m)		6 [3]
Pre-208—Jul 1844Taylor£721844–1853 Penrhyn Du 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [3] [4]
——Mar 1847Taylor£731847–1857 Kilmore 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		5/6 [3]
Pre-224—1848Costain, Liverpool1848–1857 Penmon 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [2]
——1852Teasdel, Yarmouth1852–1858 Palling 32 ft 0 in
(9.75 m)		 [2]
—— Cromer [7]
—— Redcar [7]
Pre ON numbers are unofficial numbers used by the Lifeboat Enthusiast Society to reference early lifeboats not included on the official RNLI list.

Later whale boats

Most lifeboats built from the 1850s were of the Peake self-righting type but some whale boat lifeboats continued to be provided to stations where there was a need for a small boat, the last being built in 1910 and withdrawn in 1938.

ON [a] NameBuiltLengthIn serviceStationComments
280Henley188930 ft 3 in
(9.22 m)		1890–1893 Tramore [15]
376Captain Hans Busk186928 ft 8 in
(8.74 m)		1869–1905 Ryde Retained as a boarding boat until 1910. [16]
481Richard Cresswell190229 ft 1 in
(8.86 m)		1902–1910 Poolbeg [17]
1910–1931 Campbeltown No. 2
551Selina190530 ft 0 in
(9.14 m)		1905–1923 Ryde Sold in 1923 and now awaiting restoration. [18]
615John Watson Wakefield191030 ft 0 in
(9.14 m)		1910–1938 Poolbeg [19]
  1. 1 2 ON is the RNLI's Official Number of the boat.

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Farr, Graham (1975). George Palmer's Lifeboats, 1828–47. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 20–21. ISBN   0905033019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "State and condition of the several life-boats, boathouses, etc". Life-boat. Vol. 1, no. 3. 1855. p. 40.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Morris, Jeff (July 1986). The Closed Lifeboat Stations of Anglesey. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 1–38.
  5. ↑ Morris, Jeff (December 2004). The Story of the Barmouth Lifeboats. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. p. 1.
  6. ↑ Morris, Jeff (2003). Peel Lifeboats 1828-2003. p. 1.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "The late George Palmer, Esq". Life-boat. Vol. 8, no. 83. 1872. p. 2.
  8. ↑ Morris, Jeff (2004). Ramsey Lifeboats 1829-2004. LBES. p. 1.
  9. ↑ "North Devon Humane Society". Life-boat. Vol. 1, no. 4. 1852. pp. 66–72.
  10. ↑ "County associations". Life-boat. Vol. 1, no. 2. 1852. p. 26–27.
  11. ↑ Morris, Jeff (May 1995). The History of the Tynemouth Lifeboats. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. p. 1.
  12. ↑ Morris, Jeff (April 2000). The History of the Berwick-upon-Tweed Lifeboats. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. p. 1.
  13. 1 2 Morris, Jeff (May 2006). The Closed Lifeboat Stations of North Wales. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 1–36.
  14. ↑ Morris, Jeff (July 2001). The History of the Brighton Lifeboats (2nd ed.). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. p. 1.
  15. ↑ Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 14–15.
  16. ↑ Leonard & Denton 2024, pp. 16–17.
  17. ↑ Leonard & Denton 2024, pp. 20–21.
  18. ↑ Leonard & Denton 2024, pp. 24–25.
  19. ↑ Leonard & Denton 2024, pp. 26–27.
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