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After being superseded by faster boats in the 1990s, many were sold for further use with lifeboat services abroad, notably in Australia and New Zealand.The class name comes from the River Waveney which discharges into the North Sea at Great Yarmouth.Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Description[edit]RNLI fleet[edit]Other fleets[edit]Australia[edit]New Zealand[edit]Elsewhere[edit]References[edit]See also[edit]History[edit]In the 1960s the RNLI’s fleet consisted of motor lifeboats of limited speed due to the shape of their hulls. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) had developed a 44-foot motor lifeboat which planed across the surface of the water, the consequence of which is a reduced wetted surface area to the hull, and therefore a much higher speed.[2] One was built for the RNLI by the USCG in Curtis Bay Coast Guard Yard, Maryland,[3] and this was put through extensive trials and proved capable of operating in restricted spaces, even though the propellers lacked the usual protection afforded to lifeboats.[2]The prototype was never given a name although the crews nicknamed it “The Yank”.[2] It entered trials in 1964 but the first production boats did not start to emerge until 1967. After six had been placed in service there was a hiatus which lasted until 1974 when production was restarted, and then continued through until 1982 by which time 22 were in service. The entire fleet was replaced between 1996 and 1999 as new Trent and Severn lifeboats came into service, but many were sold for further use as lifeboats or pilot boats.[4]The boats launched in 1967 and 1968 were built by Brooke Marine at Lowestoft and those in 1974\/5 by Groves and Gutterdige in Cowes. The 1976\/7 batch came from Bideford Ship Yard and the last three from Fairey Marine in Cowes.[3]Two 50-foot (15\u00a0m) long versions were built as the first of a proposed fleet of Thames-class lifeboats but the class was cancelled in favour of an Arun class with a different hull shape and improved crew facilities.[2]Description[edit]  The Waveney-class lifeboat at Dunmore East lifeboat was kept on a mooring.The steel hull is 44\u00a0feet 10\u00a0inches (13.67\u00a0m) long and 12\u00a0feet 8\u00a0inches (3.86\u00a0m) wide, drawing 4\u00a0feet 2\u00a0inches (1.27\u00a0m) of water. The hull is divided into seven watertight compartments including two survivor compartments and a crew space. The coxswain operates the boat from an open wheelhouse. Powered by a pair of diesel engines, it has an operating radius of 95 nautical miles (176\u00a0km).[1]The prototype was built with twin 200 brake horsepower (150\u00a0kW) Cummins V-6 engines but in 1973 was upgraded to 250\u00a0bhp (190\u00a0kW) Ford Mermaid 595T 6-cylinder engines. The first batch of production boats were initially built with pairs of 215\u00a0bhp (160\u00a0kW) Cummins V-6 engines. All these, including the by then re-engined prototype were fitted in the early 1980s with 203\u00a0bhp (151\u00a0kW) Caterpillar D3208 V-8 engines. The Groves & Guttridge built boats of 1974\/5 had more powerful 260\u00a0bhp (190\u00a0kW) General Motors V-8 engines which they retained throughout their service life. The four boats of the 1976\/7 Bideford Ship Yard build were originally fitted with 250\u00a0bhp Ford Mermaid 595T 6-cylinder engines but these were changed within five years for 250\u00a0bhp Caterpillar D3208T V-8 engines as had by then been fitted to the three final boats.[3]RNLI fleet[edit]ON[a]Op. No.[b]NameBuiltIn servicePrincipal StationsFurther use[4]\u201344-001\u201319641964\u20131996Falmouth[5]Preserved at Chatham Historic Dockyard100144-002John F. Kennedy19661967\u20131996Dun LaoghaireTo Brixham Dive and Charters? Brixham 2018, named Fortitude100244-003Khami19671967\u20131997Great Yarmouth and GorlestonSold to Australia100344-004Faithful Forrester19671967\u20131997DoverSold to Australia100444-005Margaret Graham19671967\u201319881986\u20131999HarwichAmblePilot boat St Hilda of Whitby at Whitby100544-006Arthur and Blanche Harris19681968\u201319741979\u20131996Barry DockDonaghadeeSold to Australia100644-007Connel Elizabeth Cargill19671968\u201319851986\u201319901990\u20131997TroonArklowRelief fleetSold to Australia102644-008Eric Seal (Civil Service No. 36)19741974\u20131996EyemouthSold to Namibia102744-009Helen Turnbull19741974\u201319961996-1997SheernessAchill IslandSold in 1999 and became pleasure boat Badger at Douglas102844-010Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse II19741974\u201319871987\u20131996PlymouthFowey[6]Sold to New Zealand102944-011Augustine Courtauld19741974\u201319831983\u201319901990\u20131997PooleRelief fleetArklowSold to Australia103344-012The White Rose of Yorkshire[7]19741974\u201319881988\u20131996WhitbyInvergordonSold to Canada103444-013Thomas James King19751975\u20131997St HelierPilot boat Northesk at Montrose103544-014St Patrick19751975\u20131996Dunmore EastOwned Andrew Hurst Somerville Australia to be refurbished for personal use[citation needed]103644-015Lady of Lancashire19751976\u201319891989\u20131995FleetwoodDun LaoghairePilot boat St Boisil at Berwick-on-Tweed104244-016Ralph and Joy Swann19761976\u201319901990\u20131996RamsgatePortreeTrip boat West Swann at Port Howard104344-017The Nelsons of Donaghadee19761976\u20131997SunderlandSold to New Zealand104444-018The Scout19771977\u20131997HartlepoolSold to Uruguay104544-019Louis Marchesi of Round Table19771977\u201319851986\u201319941994\u20131997NewhavenAlderneyRelief fleetSold to New Zealand[8]106044-020John Fison19801980\u20131996HarwichSold to New Zealand106544-021Barham19801980\u20131999Great Yarmouth and GorlestonPleasure boat Legend at Auckland107944-022The William and Jane19821982\u20131998BlythSold to Kaikoura Coastguard, New Zealand. Sold 2005 Now in private service. Named “Gryphon” used for cruising^ ON is the RNLI’s Official Number of the boat.^ Op. No. is the RNLI’s Operational Number of the boat carried on the hull.Other fleets[edit]Australia[edit]Name[4]RNLI ONBuiltSoldStationP&O Nedlloyd Rawalpindi100619671999Mosman, New South WalesP&O Nedlloyd Strathaird102919741999Horseshoe Bay, New South WalesP&O Nedlloyd Strahallan100519681999Bayview, New South WalesP&O Nedlloyd Stratheden100219671999Brighton le Sands, New South WalesP&O Nedlloyd Strathmore100319671999Narooma, New South WalesP&O Nedlloyd Strathnaver103519751999Batemans Bay, New South WalesNew Zealand[edit]Name[4]RNLI ONBuiltSoldStationCommentsHamilton Rotary Rescue106019801999RaglanNow at NelsonJohn Barton Acland Rescue107919822000Now cruiser GryphonNicholsons Rescue\/Trust Porinua Rescue104319761998ManaP&O Nedlloyd Rescue104519771999Now a houseboat at WhangareiWestgate Rescue102819741999TaranakiElsewhere[edit]References[edit]^ a b Wake-Walker, Edward; Deane, Heather; Purches, Georgette (1989). Lifeboat! Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p.\u00a041. ISBN\u00a00-7110-1835-9.^ a b c d Kipling, Ray; Kipling, Susannah (2006). Never Turn Back. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. pp.\u00a083\u201385. ISBN\u00a00-7509-4307-6.^ a b c Lawford, Clive. “RNLI (Waveney Class)”. Clive Lawford. Retrieved 20 December 2010.^ a b c d e Denton, Tony (2009). Handbook 2009. Shrewsbury: Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp.\u00a026\u201329.^ Morris, Jeff (2002). The History of the Falmouth Lifeboats (2nd\u00a0ed.). Coventry: Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp.\u00a018\u201319.^ Leach, Nicholas (2002). Fowey Lifeboats. Stroud: Tempus  Publishing. pp.\u00a075\u201393. ISBN\u00a00-7524-2378-9.^ Whitby Lifeboat: The White Rose of Yorkshire^ Salsbury, Alan (2010). A History of the Exmouth Lifeboats. Wellington, Somerset: Halsgrove. pp.\u00a0121\u2013128. ISBN\u00a0978-0-85704-073-2.See also[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/waveney-class-lifeboat-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Waveney-class lifeboat – Wikipedia"}}]}]