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| History | |
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| Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) |
| Builder | William Osborne, Arun Shipyard, Littlehampton, West Sussex |
| Official Number | ON 990 |
| Donor | Gift of Mrs R. M. Reed, Eastbourne, in memory of her Husband of Stanford |
| Station | Cromer |
| Cost | £60,000 |
| Launched | 1966 |
| Christened | 21 June 1967 by Mrs R M Reed |
| Fate | A static display in the middle of a roundabout at Hythe Marina Village opposite Southampton Docks. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Oakley |
| Displacement | 30 tonnes |
| Length | 48 ft 6 in (14.78 m) overall |
| Beam | 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) |
| Draught | 1.35m |
| Installed power | Twin Gardner 6LX Diesel engine of 110 bhp (82 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2× fixed pitch 5 blade propellers |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h) |
Ruby and Arthur Reed (RNLI Official Number 990)[1] was an Oakley-class lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) stationed at Cromer in the English county of Norfolk[2] from 30 April 1967[3] and was the No 1 lifeboat between various relief's[4] until she was replaced after 17 years service by the Tyne-class Ruby and Arthur Reed II on 16 December 1985. During the time that the Ruby and Arthur Reed was on station at Cromer she performed 125 service launches, rescuing 58 lives.
- ^ The Cromer Lifeboats, by Bob Malster & Peter Stibbons,:Poppyland Publishing, ISBN 0-946148-21-X
- ^ OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East. ISBN 978-0-319-23815-8.
- ^ Cromer Lifeboat, A pictorial history, By Nicholas Leach & Paul Russell, Pub; Landmark Collector’s Library, ISBN 978-1-84306-363-6
- ^ Cromer Lifeboats 1804-2004, Leach, Nicholas & Russell, Paul, Pub: Tempus Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7524-3197-8