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 (material) fittings and air chambers. [1]

Palmer lifeboats

The numbers in this list are unofficial "pre-ON" numbers created by the Lifeboat Enthusiast Society to reference early lifeboats not included on the RNLI Official Number list which was used from 1884.
NumberNameBuiltBuilderIn serviceStationLengthOarsComments
–—1828Harton1828–1853 Barmouth 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [2] [3]
128—18281828–1841 Newburgh
–—1828Taylor1828–1840 Peel 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [4]
–—1828Harton1829–1840 Ramsey 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [5] [6]
131—1828Harton1828–1853
1853–1859		 Cemlyn
Rhoscolyn 		25 ft 8 in
(7.82 m)		5/6 [2] [7]
144—1828McVea1828–1858 Holyhead 32 ft 0 in
(9.75 m)		Palmer designed modified by Sparrow.
145—1828McVea1830–1853 Rhoscolyn 26 ft 3 in
(8.00 m)		6Palmer designed modified by Sparrow. [2] [7]
150Assistance1831Harton1832–1857 Appledore 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [8] [5]
151—1830Harton1831–1848
1848–1853
1853–1865		 Penmon
Moelfre
Cemlyn 		26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		5 [2] [7] [9]
155—1831Harton1832–1842 Tynemouth 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [5] [10]
156—1831Harton1832–1856 Rye 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [2]
160—18331833–1861 Great Yarmouth 39 ft 0 in
(11.89 m)
161—18361836–1838 Dymchurch 25 ft 0 in
(7.62 m)		 [5]
162—18331833–1858 Great Yarmouth 25 ft 0 in
(7.62 m)
166—1834Harton1835–1852 Berwick-upon-Tweed 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [5] [11]
–—1835Harton1835–1851 Mostyn [5] [12]
178Victoria1837Taylor1837–1859 Aberdovey 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [2] [12]
–—1837Taylor1837–???? Brighton 28 ft 0 in
(8.53 m)		Operated by the Brighton Humane Society. [13]
–—1839Taylor Rosslare Fort 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		5 [2]
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 [5]
195Marianne,
Sisters		18401840–1872 Pakefield 45 ft 0 in
(13.72 m)
196—1840Taylor1840–1861 Llanddwyn 27 ft 0 in
(8.23 m)		6 [7]
208—1844Taylor1844–1853 Penrhyn Du 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		6 [2] [7]
–—1844Taylor Derrynane 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		5 [2]
218—1846Branford1846–1865 Caister 42 ft 0 in
(12.80 m)		 [14]
–—1847Taylor Kilmore 26 ft 0 in
(7.92 m)		5 [2]
229Victoria,
Laetitia		18501850–1876 Lowestoft 42 ft 0 in
(12.80 m)		–
427Birmingham No.2,
Covent Garden		18651865–1883 Caister 42 ft 0 in
(12.80 m)
— Burnham-on-Sea For the port of Bridgwater. [5]
— Cromer [5]
— Laugharne [5]
— Redcar [5]
— Swansea [5]
— Youghal [5]

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.

ONNameBuiltLengthIn 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]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "State and condition of the several life-boats, boathouses, etc". Life-boat. Vol. 1, no. 3. 1855. p. 40.
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  4. ↑ Morris, Jeff (2003). Peel Lifeboats 1828-2003. p. 1.
  5. 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.
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  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Morris, Jeff (July 1986). The Closed Lifeboat Stations of Anglesey. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 1–38.
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  11. ↑ Morris, Jeff (April 2000). The History of the Berwick-upon-Tweed Lifeboats. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. p. 1.
  12. 1 2 Morris, Jeff (May 2006). The Closed Lifeboat Stations of North Wales. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 1–36.
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