Oakley-class lifeboat
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The Oakley-class lifeboat refers to two types of self-righting lifeboat operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution around the coast of the United Kingdom and Ireland between 1958 and 1993. Th
RNLB Manchester Unity of Oddfellows (ON 960)
48-12 Charles Henry in private use (Exeter, 2007)
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
Oakley-class lifeboat
…architect Richard Oakley. During the first half of the twentieth century the RNLI had equipped its lifeboat stations with motor lifeboats designed by G L Watson and, later, J R Barnett. Both these men had designed boats that were generally stable but, unlike the earlier Peake-class boats, were not self-righting…
46ft 9in Watson-class RNLB North Foreland (Civil Service No.11) (ON 888) in the RNLI Heritage Collection at Chatham Historic Dockyard.