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RNLB J C Madge (ON 536)
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RNLB J C Madge (ON 536) was a Liverpool-class, Pulling and Sailing non-self righting lifeboat[1][2] stationed at Sheringham in the English county of Norfolk[3] from December 1904 until June 1936 during which time she was launched on service 34 times and saved 58 lives. J C Madge was replaced by Forester’s Centenary (ON 786).
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Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) |
Builder | Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, London |
Official Number: | ON 536 |
Donor: | A legacy of Mr James C. Madge of Southampton |
Station | Sheringham |
Cost | £1,435 16s 6d |
Yard number | TK68 |
Launched | 30 November 1904 |
Christened | 13 December 1904 by a Miss Upcher, daughter of Mr H. R. Upcher JP |
Acquired | 1904 |
Commissioned | December 1904 |
Decommissioned | 22 June 1936 |
Fate | Sold out of service, repurchased for restoration in 1989, Now Displayed in Sheringham Museum, The Mo. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Liverpool class, Pulling & Sailing |
Type | non-self righting |
Tonnage | 5 tons 7 cwt |
Displacement | 12 tons 1cwt |
Length | 41 ft (12 m) overall |
Beam | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Installed power | dipping lug sail |
Propulsion | 16 oars, double banked |
Crew | 19 |
Notes | On 14 August 1999 The National Historic Ships Committee added the J C Madge to the National Register of Historic Vessels (Certificate no 1763) |
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