Ex-RNLI Silver Jubilee Lifeboat from UK

1977 Silver Jubilee Lifeboat, 37 ft x 13 ft x 4 ft., 14 tons

Rother class, self-righting lifeboat built for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI), the United Kingdom lifeboat service. Named in honour of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977, and christened by HRH Princess Margaret, and stationed at Margate, Kent, UK. The only RNLI Lifeboat in the US.

The Vessel is wood framed hull construction, with 1” thick, double diagonal mahogany planks on oak frames, with further 1” thick double skin underwater for beaching. Full watertight alloy superstructure.

Layout, aft self-draining wheelhouse accessed by Perspex sliding doors, watertight Engine Room and fore cabin with Roof Hatch.

The Engine Room houses twin set, Ford based Mermaid, 4-cylinder marine Diesels in very good running condition. All systems in Engine Room are duplicated and interchangeable. Machinery is in working order with no known issues.

The Lifeboat Vessel is in almost original service condition and colors of the period and was shipped to the US in 2007 with US Coast Guard documentation. Needs cosmetic re-commissioning. Pickup from Ossining, NY 10562.