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35ft 6in Self-righting motor-class lifeboat
Former RNLI lifeboat class From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 35ft 6in Self-righting motor-class was a 10.8 m displacement hull lifeboat built in single engine form between 1921 and 1940 and in twin-engined form between 1947 and 1950. The boats were operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) between 1921 and 1965.
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The need to provide carriage-launched motor lifeboats had first been addressed with the 35 ft (10.7 m) self-righting motor type of 1921. Three of these boats were built and were, to all intents and purposes, pulling and sailing lifeboats, with an auxiliary engine.
The definitive boat for production appeared in 1929, six inches (15 cm) longer and with the same 8 ft 10 in (2.7 m) beam as the second and third 35-foot types. After the first two boats had been put on station, a crash programme of production was instituted in 1931 and twelve boats were produced that year. These gave many stations their first motor lifeboats, but experience proved that stability was lacking and from RNLB Caroline Parsons (ON 763), beam was increased by 5 inches (13 cm). The final two single engine boats saw further beam increases, to 9 ft 6 in (2.9 m) and 9 ft 10 in (3.0 m) respectively.
In common with the similar but non-self-righting Liverpool-class, post war production switched to twin-engined versions, but only five were built. The RNLI was increasingly switching to more stable non-self-righting lifeboats, and the single engine 35-foot 6in Self-righting motor lifeboats were replaced at most stations by Liverpool-class boats in the early 1950s, after around twenty years service. The twin-engined boats had even shorter lives, three being replaced by a Liverpool-class, and two others by 37 ft (11.3 m) Oakley-class boats, after less than fifteen-years service.
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The challenge of producing a motor lifeboat light enough to be manhandled for carriage launching resulted in a boat weighing around 5+1⁄2 long tons (5.6 t). The single RNLI-designed, Weyburn Engineering built AE6 6-cylinder petrol engine produced 35 bhp and sat in a watertight engine room beneath pent roof access hatches ahead of an aft cockpit shelter from which the mechanic operated the engine controls. Apart from a small shelter forward the boats were open. As described above, beam was increased during production in an attempt to improve stability. After World War II, five twin-engined boats were built which had a beam of 10 ft (3.0 m) and a larger shelter covering the engine room and very similar to the contemporary twin engined Liverpool-class. The first two of these boats were powered by twin 18bhp Weyburn AE4 4-cylinder petrol engines, but the final three had twin 20bhp Ferry FKR3 3-cylinder diesel engines.
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Single engine
35 ft (11 m) lifeboats
Single engine
35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) lifeboats
Twin engine
All twin engined lifeboats were 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) long by 10 ft (3.0 m) beam
- ON is the RNLI's Official Number of the boat.
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- 35 ft (11 m) x 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) lifeboat, costing £6,623, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with single 15-hp Miller engine.
- 35 ft (11 m) x 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) lifeboat, costing £3,691, built by S. E. Saunders of Cowes, with single 35-hp Sage engine.
- 35 ft (11 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat costing £4,961, built by S. E. Saunders of Cowes, with single 30-hp Halford engine. Weyburn AE6 engine fitted, 1930.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £4,596, built by Saunders-Roe of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £4,597, built by Saunders-Roe of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,758, built by Saunders-Roe of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,821, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,743, built by Saunders-Roe of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,821, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,718, built by Saunders-Roe of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,791, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,754, built by Saunders-Roe of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,812, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,754, built by Saunders-Roe of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,804, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,742, built by Saunders-Roe of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,791, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,233, built by John I. Thornycroft & Company of Chiswick, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,342, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) lifeboat, costing £3,326, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) lifeboat, costing £3,213, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) lifeboat, costing £3,009, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) lifeboat, costing £3,010, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) lifeboat, costing £3,279, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) x 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) lifeboat, costing £5,523, built by Rowhedge Ironworks of Rowhedge, Essex, with single 35-hp Weyburn AE6 engine.
- Lifeboat costing £10,573, built by J. Samuel White of Cowes, with twin 18-hp Weyburn AE4 engines.
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