Palmer-class lifeboat
The Palmer-class lifeboat was an early design of small lifeboat used by the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (RNIPLS) in the middle years of the nineteenth century.
Design[edit]
George Palmer was a London businessman. He joined the committee of the RNIPLS in 1826, just two years after its founding, and later became its deputy chairman. One of the organisation's activities was to provide lifeboats and it bought them from several sources. Palmer offered a design based on a whaleboat, narrow and pointed at both ends. It was given extra buoyancy by the use of cork (material) fittings and air chambers.[1]
Palmer lifeboats[edit]
ON | Name | Built | Builder | In Service | Station | Length | Oars | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | Unnamed | 1828 | Harton | 1828–1853 | Barmouth | 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) |
6 | [2][3] |
Pre-128 | Unnamed | 1828 | – | 1828–1841 | Newburgh | |||
– | Unnamed | 1828 | Taylor | 1828–1840 | Peel | 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) |
6 | [4] |
– | Unnamed | 1828 | Harton | 1829–1840 | Ramsey | 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) |
6 | [5][6] |
Pre-131 | Unnamed | 1828 | Harton | 1828–1853 1853–1859 |
Cemlyn Rhoscolyn |
25 ft 8 in (7.82 m) |
5/6 | [2][7] |
Pre-144 | Unnamed | 1828 | – | 1828–1858 | Holyhead | 32 ft 0 in (9.75 m) |
– | |
Pre-145 | Unnamed | 1828 | Harton | 1830–1853 | Rhoscolyn | 26 ft 3 in (8.00 m) |
6 | [2][7] |
Pre-150 | Assistance | 1831 | Harton | 1832–1857 | Appledore | 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) |
6 | [8][5] |
Pre-151 | Unnamed | 1830 | Harton | 1831–1848 1848–1853 1853–1865 |
Penmon Moelfre Cemlyn |
26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) |
5 | [2][7][9] |
Pre-155 | Unnamed | 1831 | Harton | 1832–1842 | Tynemouth | 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) |
6 | [5][10] |
Pre-156 | Unnamed | 1831 | Harton | 1832–1856 | Rye | 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) |
6 | [2] |
Pre-160 | Unnamed | 1833 | 1833–1861 | Great Yarmouth | 39 ft 0 in (11.89 m) |
– | ||
Pre-161 | Unnamed | 1836 | 1836–1838 | Dymchurch | 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m) |
[5] | ||
Pre-162 | Unnamed | 1833 | – | 1833–1858 | Great Yarmouth | 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m) |
– | |
Pre-166 | Unnamed | 1834 | Harton | 1835–1852 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) |
6 | [5][11] |
– | Unnamed | 1835 | Harton | 1835–1851 | Mostyn | [5][12] | ||
Pre-178 | Victoria | 1837 | Taylor | 1837–1859 | Aberdovey | 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) |
6 | [2][12] |
– | Unnamed | 1837 | Taylor | 1837–???? | Brighton | 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m) |
Operated by the Brighton Humane Society.[13] | |
– | Unnamed | 1839 | Taylor | Rosslare Fort | 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) |
5 | [2] | |
Pre-184 | Unnamed, Heroine |
1839 | – | 1839–1851 1851–1857 |
Humber Hornsea |
25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
– | |
– | Unnamed | 1839 | Harton | 1839–1855 | Robin Hood's Bay | [5] | ||
Pre-195 | Marianne, Sisters |
1840 | – | 1840–1872 | Pakefield | 45 ft 0 in (13.72 m) |
– | |
Pre-196 | Unnamed | 1840 | Taylor | 1840–1861 | Llanddwyn | 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m) |
6 | [7] |
Pre-208 | Unnamed | 1844 | Taylor | 1844–1853 | Penrhyn Du | 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) |
6 | [2][7] |
– | Unnamed | 1844 | Taylor | Derrynane | 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) |
5 | [2] | |
Pre-218 | Unnamed | 1846 | – | 1846–1865 | Caister | 42 ft 0 in (12.80 m) |
– | |
– | Unnamed | 1847 | Taylor | Kilmore | 26 ft 0 in (7.92 m) |
5 | [2] | |
Pre-229 | Victoria, Laetitia |
1850 | – | 1850–1876 | Lowestoft | 42 ft 0 in (12.80 m) |
– | |
– | Unnamed | 1852 | Branford | 1852–1858 | Palling | 32 ft 0 in (9.75 m) |
[5][14] | |
Pre-427 | Birmingham No.2, Covent Garden |
1865 | 1865–1883 | Caister | 42 ft 0 in (12.80 m) |
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Unnamed | Burnham-on-Sea | For the port of Bridgwater.[5] | ||||||
Unnamed | Cromer | [5] | ||||||
Unnamed | Laugharne | [5] | ||||||
Unnamed | Redcar | [5] | ||||||
Unnamed | Swansea | [5] | ||||||
Unnamed | Youghal | [5] |
- Pre ON numbers are unofficial numbers used by the Lifeboat Enthusiast Society to reference early lifeboats not included on the official RNLI list.
Later whale boats[edit]
Most lifeboats built from the 1850s were of the Peake self-righting type but some whale boat lifeboats continued to be provided to stations where there was a need for a small boat, the last being built in 1910 and withdrawn in 1938.
ON | Name | Built | Length | In service | Station | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
280 | Henley | 1889 | 30 ft 3 in (9.22 m) |
1890–1893 | Tramore | [15] |
376 | Captain Hans Busk | 1869 | 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m) |
1869–1905 | Ryde | Retained as a boarding boat until 1910.[16] |
481 | Richard Cresswell | 1902 | 29 ft 1 in (8.86 m) |
1902–1910 | Poolbeg | [17] |
1910–1931 | Campbeltown No. 2 | |||||
551 | Selina | 1905 | 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m) |
1905–1923 | Ryde | Sold in 1923 and now awaiting restoration.[18] |
615 | John Watson Wakefield | 1910 | 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m) |
1910–1938 | Poolbeg | [19] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Cameron, Ian (2009). Riders of the Storm. Orion Books. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-7528-8344-1.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "State and condition of the several life-boats, boathouses, etc". Life-boat. Vol. 1, no. 3. 1855. p. 40.
- ^ Morris, Jeff (December 2004). The Story of the Barmouth Lifeboats. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. p. 1.
- ^ Morris, Jeff (2003). Peel Lifeboats 1828-2003. p. 1.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "The late George Palmer, Esq". Life-boat. Vol. 8, no. 83. 1872. p. 2.
- ^ Morris, Jeff (2004). Ramsey Lifeboats 1829-2004. LBES. p. 1.
- ^ a b c d e Morris, Jeff (July 1986). The Closed Lifeboat Stations of Anglesey. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 1–38.
- ^ "North Devon Humane Society". Life-boat. Vol. 1, no. 4. 1852. pp. 66–72.
- ^ "County associations". Life-boat. Vol. 1, no. 2. 1852. p. 26–27.
- ^ Morris, Jeff (May 1995). The History of the Tynemouth Lifeboats. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. p. 1.
- ^ Morris, Jeff (April 2000). The History of the Berwick-upon-Tweed Lifeboats. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. p. 1.
- ^ a b Morris, Jeff (May 2006). The Closed Lifeboat Stations of North Wales. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 1–36.
- ^ Morris, Jeff (July 2001). The History of the Brighton Lifeboats (2nd ed.). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. p. 1.
- ^ Morris, Jeff (September 2007). Palling Lifeboat 1852-1930. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. p. 1.
- ^ Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 14–15.
- ^ Leonard & Denton, pp. 16–17.
- ^ Leonard & Denton, pp. 20–21.
- ^ Leonard & Denton, pp. 24–25.
- ^ Leonard & Denton, pp. 26–27.