The 45ft 6in Watson-class was a non self-righting displacement hull lifeboat built between 1926 and 1933 and operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution between 1926 and 1972.
Formerly RNLB Cecil and Lilian Philpott (ON 730), now Stenoa in 2007
City of Bradford II (ON 709) at Ringhaddy Pier on Strangford Lough in 2023.
Watson-class lifeboat
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The Watson-class lifeboat is a design of non-self-righting lifeboat, operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland between 1888 and 1991. Ther
45ft 6in Watson-class lifeboat
…boats was deleted from the twins, and eventually the auxiliary sailing rig was dispensed with on the twins in the light of operational experience. Watson-class lifeboat Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboats…
46ft 9in Watson-class RNLB North Foreland (Civil Service No.11) (ON 888) in the RNLI Heritage Collection at Chatham Historic Dockyard.