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The Liverpool class, designed by James Barnett, was derived from the 35ft 6in Self-righting motor-class lifeboat and had many similarities with it. Lifeboatmen at many stations preferred non self-righting boats due to their better stability and the Liverpool class was designed to be light enough for carriage launching at these stations.
The early Liverpool-class lifeboats used by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) were 'Pulling and Sailing' types (P&S) (i.e. powered by oars and sails) and should not be confused with the later one or two engined Liverpool-class motorised lifeboats.
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Lucy Lavers is a Liverpool-class single engine lifeboat [2] which was also equipped with a sail, as was favoured by the RNLI for all single engine Liverpool class lifeboat. To stabiliser the lifeboat when under sail she was also fitted with a drop keel. [2] The installed engine was a 35 hp Weyburn petrol engine. [2]
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 ...
RNLB Foresters Centenary (ON 786) is a retired Liverpool-class lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), stationed in the English coastal town of Sheringham in the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom. [2] The lifeboat was on station for 25 years between 1936 and 1961 [3] when she was sold.
RNLB Cecil Paine (ON 850) is a retired Liverpool-class non-self-righting lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.It was the second motor lifeboat to be stationed in the English coastal town of Wells-next-the-Sea in the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom, [1] and was on station at Wells from 25 July 1945 until she was sold in June 1965.
RNLB J C Madge (ON 536) was a Liverpool-class, Pulling and Sailing non-self righting lifeboat [1] [2] stationed at Sheringham in the English county of Norfolk [3] from December 1904 until June 1936 during which time she was launched on service 34 times and saved 58 lives. J C Madge was replaced by Forester’s Centenary (ON 786).