RNLB Thomas McCunn (ON 759)
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RNLB Thomas McCunn (ON 759) is a 45ft 6in Watson-class[1] lifeboat stationed at Longhope in Orkney, Scotland,[2] from January 1933 until April 1962. During which time she was launched on service 101 times and saved 308 lives.[1] After Thomas McCunn left Longhope she was placed into the reserve fleet for ten years before being sold and used as a pleasure boat. In 2000 she was bought by Longhope Lifeboat Museum. The lifeboat is now at the centre of a display in the old slipway at Brims and is still launched on special occasions.[1]
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Thomas McCunn ON 759 | |
History | |
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Scotland | |
Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) |
Builder | Groves & Guttridge, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England |
Official Number: | ON 759 |
Donor: | Supplied by money given to RNLI from the legacy of Mr W McCunn of Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland |
Station | Longhope Lifeboat station, Orkney, Scotland |
Cost | £7120 |
Yard number | 182 |
Completed | 1932 |
Commissioned | 4/1/1933 |
Decommissioned | 1972 |
In service | 1933 |
Fate | Now housed in the Lifeboat shed in Brims where she forms the centrepiece of the museum |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 45ft 6in Watson-class |
Type | non-self righting |
Displacement | 18 tons 16 cwt |
Length | 45 ft 6 in (13.87 m) overall |
Beam | 12 ft 4 in (3.76 m) |
Depth | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
Installed power | Originally 2 Weyburn petrol engines, the last of the petrol engine LBs designed by Watson himself. Re-engined in 1973 with 2 Mermaid diesels. |
Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h) |
Crew | 8 |
Notes | On 16 May 1999 The National Historic Ships Committee added the Thomas McCunn to the National Register of Historic Vessels (Certificate no 1515) |
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