Millie Walton/Henry Blogg ON840
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History | |
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Name | Henry Blogg |
Namesake | Henry Blogg |
Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) |
Builder | Sussex Yacht Company Shoreham |
Official Number | ON 840 |
Donor | Legacy of Mrs M E Walton of Derby. |
Station | Cromer |
Cost | £15,241 17s 6d |
Laid down | 1945 |
Christened | 7 August 1948 by Sir John Cunningham |
In service | No 1 Lifeboat from 20 December 1945 |
Out of service | 3 April 1966 |
Fate | The Henry Blogg was damaged while launching on service in April 1966, and never returned to Cromer. After repairs she entered the Reserve fleet serving until 1976. Sold out of service in April 1977 for the sum of £5,500 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Watson Class boat |
Length | 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) overall |
Beam | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
Installed power | Twin Ferry VE4 Diesel engine of 40 bhp (30 kW) |
Speed | 8.22 knots (15.22 km/h) |
RNLB Henry Blogg (ON 840) was the eighteenth lifeboat to be stationed at Cromer in the county of Norfolk.[1]
ON 840 was stationed at Cromer from 1945 until 1966.