&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:The_Lifeboat_-_Eric_Ravilious.jpg) Abdy Beauclerk by Eric Ravilious[1]
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| History | |
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| Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) |
| Builder | J. Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight |
| Official Number | ON 751 |
| Station | No: 1 Station Aldeburgh |
| Laid down | 1931 |
| Acquired | 1931 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Watson beach class |
| Tonnage | Displacement of 16 tons |
| Length | 41 ft 0 in (12.50 m) overall |
| Beam | 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) |
| Installed power | 2 x 35hp AEC Weyburn petrol |
| Propulsion | Twin screw set in tunnels |
| Speed | 7.5 kn (13.9 km/h) |
| Range | 122 nmi (226 km) |
| Notes | Also fitted with a mizzen mast and sail. |
RNLB Abdy Beauclerk (ON 751) was a 41ft 'Aldeburgh' Type Beach Motor[2] which was stationed in the town of Aldeburgh in the English county of Suffolk.[3] She was on the No: 1 station at Aldeburgh from 1931[4] until she was sold out of the RNLI fleet in 1959,[5] a total of 28 years service.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
MPwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Leach, Nicholas (2019). Powering to the Rescue; A history of RNLI motor lifeboats. Lily Publications Ltd. pp. 78–79.
- ^ OS Explorer Map 231 – Southwold & Bungay. ISBN 978 0 319 23805 9.
- ^ "The Association of Dunkirk Little Ships". Abdy Beauclerk. Association of Dunkirk Little Ships. Archived from the original on 21 July 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ^ The Story of The Aldeburgh Lifeboats (28 page Paperback): Author: Morris Jeff: Publisher Lifeboat enthusiasts' Society (1994) :ASIN B0018TW60Y