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Mersey Class Lifeboats 

The Mersey class lifeboat is designed primarily to operate from a carriage on a beach but can also operate off a slipway or lie afloat.

The wheelhouse is set well aft and the sheerline is flattened towards the bow.

The propellers and rudders lie in partial tunnels set into the hull that, along with the main and two bilge keels, provide excellent protection from damage in shallow water or slipway operations.

The mast and aerials can be collapsed to fit into a boathouse.

The Mersey can carry an X boat, a small unpowered and manually launched inflatable daughter boat for the crew to access areas where the lifeboat cannot reach. 

The Mersey class is now in the process of being replaced by the new Shannon Class lifeboat. 

Mersey Class Facts  

Introduced: 1988 (Last built 1993)

Length: 11.62m

Width: 4m

Load: 14.3 tonnes

Launch Type: Carriage, slipway or afloat

Fuel Capacity: 1,110 litres

Crew: 6

Range: 240 nautical miles

Max Speed: 17 Knots

Engines: 2 x Caterpiller 3208T marine diesel; 280hp each at 2,800rpm

O.N.

Op. No. 

Name

Year Built

 Service History

Notes

1119

12-000

-

1987

Trials 1987 to 1988

(1)

1124

12-001  

Peggy and Alex Caird

1988

Bridlington 1988 to 1995

Relief 1995 to 2009

Bembridge 2009 to 2010

Relief 2010 to 2015


1125

12-002

Sealink Endeavour

1987

Trials 1987 to 1989

Hastings 1989 to 2018


1161

12-003

Doris M Mann of Ampthill

1990

Wells 1990 to 2023


1162

12-004

Royal Shipwright

1990

Relief 1990 to 2007

Cromer 2007 to 2008

Relief 2008 to 2016


1163

12-005

Lady of Hilbre

1990

Hoylake 1990 to 2014

Relief 2014 to 2021


1164

12-006 

Andy Pearce

1990

Llandudno 1990 to 2017

Relief 2017 to 2018


1165

12-007

Spirit of Derbyshire

1990

Ilfracombe 1990 to 2015


1166

12-008

Lincolnshire Poacher

1990

Skegness 1990 to 2017

Relief 2017 to 2021


1167

12-009  

The Princess Royal (Civil Service No. 41)

1990

St Ives 1990 to 2015

Relief 2015 to 2016


1168

12-010

Lily and Vincent Anthony

1990

Pwllheli 1991 to 2021

Relief 2021 to date


1148

12-11

Lifetime Care

1988

Relief 1989 to 2017


1169

12-12

Marine Engineer

1991

Relief 1991 to 1995

Bridlington 1995 to 2017

Douglas 2018 to 2022


1170

12-13

Keep Fit Association

1991

Filey 1991 to 2021

Relief 2021 to date


1171

12-14

Ann and James Ritchie

1991

Ramsey 1991 to 2019

Relief 2019 to 2021


1172

12-15

Frank and Lena Clifford of Stourbridge

1991

New Quay 1992 to date


1173

12-16

Grace Darling

1991

Seahouses 1991 to 2020

Relief 2020 to 2021

(2)

1174

12-17

Kingdom of Fife

1991

Anstruther 1991 to date


1175

12-18

Fanny Victoria Wilkinson and Frank Stubbs

1991

Scarborough 1991 to 2016

Relief 2016 to 2018


1176

12-19

The Four Boys

1991

Sennen Cove 1991 to 1998

Relief 1998 to 1999

Amble 1999 to 2016


1177

12-20

Leonard Kent

1991

Margate 1991 to 2021

Newcastle 25/01/22 to date


1178

12-21

Margaret Jean

1992

Relief 1992 to 1998

Lythan St Annes 1998 to 1999

Relief 1999 to 2008

Exmouth 2008 to 2014

Relief 2014 to 2020


1181

12-22

Ruby Clery

1992

Peel 1992 to 2021

Ramsey 2021 to 2022

Douglas 2022 to date


1182

12-23

Robert Charles Brown

1992

Swanage 1992 to 2016

Relief 2016 to 2019


1183

12-24  

Lil Cunningham

1992

Rhyl 1992 to 2019


1184

12-25

Bingo Lifeline

1992

Relief 1992 to 2020

(2)

1185

12-26

Moira Barrie

1992

Barmouth 1992 to 2019


1186

12-27

Pride and Spirit

1992

Dungeness 1992 to 2014

Clifden 2014 to 2016

Relief 2016 to 2019

(2)

1187

12-28

Mary Margaret

1992

Kilmore Quay 1992 to 2004

Relief 2004 to 2019

Peel 2019 to 2021


1188

12-29

Eleanor and Bryant Girling

1992

Newcastle 08/09/93 to 25/01/22


1189

12-30

Her Majesty The Queen

1992

Relief 1993 to 1996

Cromer 1996 to 1999

Lytham St Annes 1999 to 2018

Relief 2018 to date


1190

12-31

Doris Bleasdale

1992

Clogherhead 03/03/93 to 08/07/19

Relief 2019 to date


1191

12-32

Joy and Charles Beeby

1992

Berwick upon Tweed 1993 to date


1192

12-33

Fishermans Friend

1993

Relief 1993 to 2016

Clifden 14/01/16 to ??/09/19


1193

12-34

Freddie Cooper

1992

Aldeburgh 1993 to date


1194

12-35

Inchcape

1993

Arbroath 1993 to date


1195

12-36

Royal Thames

1993

Eastbourne 1993 to 2012

Leverburgh 2012 to 2018


1196

12-37

Sylvia Burrell

1993

Girvin 1993 to 2017

Relief 2017 to 2018


Lifeboats highlighted in GREEN were based at Irish Lifeboat stations.

Notes

(1) Prototype Mersey class lifeboat used on trials. Sold in 1989

(2) Sold to ADES Uruguay for further service

O.N. is the RNLI's Official Number of the boat

Op.No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat carried on the hull