RNLB Keith Anderson (ON 1106)

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RNLB Keith Anderson (ON 1106)
History
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Owner Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
BuilderVT Halmatic
Official Number:ON 1106
Donor:Gift of Mrs Esme Anderson Grosvenor Square, London
Station Newhaven (1985 – 1999)
Relief Fleet (1999 – 2000)
Hartlepool
Cost£394,928
Yard numberWO 2790
Laid down1984
Launched1985
Christened27 May 1986 by Mrs Esme Anderson
Completed1985
Acquired1985
In service1985 - 2003
FateSold out of fleet in 2006 to China Rescue & Salvage Bureau [1]
General characteristics
Class and type Arun-class
TypeMotor lifeboat
Displacement32 long tons (33 t)
Length54 ft (16 m) overall
Beam17 ft (5.2 m)
Draught5 ft (1.5 m)
Propulsion2 × Caterpillar 460 hp (343 kW) diesel engines
Speed18.5 knots (21.3 mph; 34.3 km/h)
Range250  nmi (460 km)
Crew6

RNLB Keith Anderson [2] was an Arun-class lifeboat which served at Newhaven Lifeboat Station [3] for six years, in the relief fleet for one year and finished her RNLI career in Hartlepool [4] in 2003 after serving for three years.

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History

The Keith Anderson was ordered to replace the Waveney-class RNLB Louis Marchesi of Round Table (ON 1045) at Newhaven which had served at the station for eight years. This important East Sussex station needed an improved class of lifeboat to enhance the stations capabilities. The Arun-class was considered to be suitable for this stations mooring facilities on the River Ouse which runs through the Port of Newhaven. She was laid down by VT Halmatic, [5] and was sent to William Osborne in Littlehampton to be fitted out. During spring 1985 she underwent her self-righting trials following which all her electronic equipment was installed and commissioned. She was then sent to the RNLI depot at Poole.[ citation needed ]

The lifeboat, which cost £394,928, was funded by a gift from Esma Anderson of Grosvenor Square in London in memory of her husband Keith Anderson, after whom the boat was named. The Keith Anderson arrived in Newhaven on 9 August 1985. The official naming service took place in Newhaven on 27 May 1986 when Anderson officially handed over and named the lifeboat. By the time of this ceremony the lifeboat had already been launched to service on 33 occasions and had been accredited with saving the lives of four people.[ citation needed ]

Relief fleet service

In October 1999 the Keith Anderson was transferred from Newhaven and was placed in the RNLI’s relief fleet at the RNLI depot at Poole. This was a short-lived arrangement as in October 2000, she was reassigned to be the Hartlepool lifeboat. She remained on that station for three years until 2003.

Disposal

Between 2003 and 2006 the Keith Anderson was placed in storage at the Poole Depot until a deal was negotiated by the RNLI to send three Arun-class lifeboat to China [6] to join the China Ministry of Transport Rescue and Salvage organisation. She, along with her sisters were loaded aboard a container ship at Felixstowe and shipped to China. Once there the China Rescue & Salvage Bureau placed her on station at the city of Dalian, a seaport in the south of Liaoning province. She was renamed Huaying 395. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "RNLI Website - China". Reference to the cooperation between RNLI and China. RNLI. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Arun Lifeboats – An illustrated history of the RNLI Arun lifeboats 1971 – 2009. Author: Leach, Nicholas. Publisher: Kelsey Publishing Ltd. 2011. work: Page 100, Keith Anderson. ISBN   9781907426216
  3. ↑ "Newhaven Lifeboat Station – RNLI website". Home page of the Newhaven station. RNLI © 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Hartlepool Lifeboat Station – RNLI website". Home page of the Hartlepool station. RNLI © 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Halmatic". Reference to the construction of the Arun-class Lifeboats by the company. Sail Boat Data © 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Huaying 394/Huaying 395". Photo and details of Huaying 395 based at Dalian in China. © 2014 China Rescue and Salvage of Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
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