Maritime museums · East of England
RNLB Lucy Lavers
RNLB Lucy Lavers in England East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
RNLB Lucy Lavers is a preserved museum ship in England East, United Kingdom — a vessel of historic significance preserved as a public visitor attraction. Britain's museum ships span Tudor warships (Mary Rose), tea clippers (Cutty Sark), Victorian battleships (HMS Warrior) and 20th-century submarines.
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From the Wikipedia article
RNLB Lucy Lavers (ON 832) was an RNLI lifeboat which was on No. 2 station at Aldeburgh from 1940 until 1959 when she was placed in the reserve fleet until 1968 when she was retired. The Rescue Wooden Boats Charity is currently undertaking restoration of the vessel. The Lucy Lavers is entered in the National Historic Ships register and has the Certificate No 2206.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
Lucy Lavers is a single engine lifeboat which was also equipped with a sail, as was favoured by the RNLI for all single engine Liverpool class lifeboat. To stabiliser the lifeboat when under sail she was also fitted with a drop keel. The installed engine was a 35 hp Weyburn petrol engine. She was built for the RNLI by Groves and Gutteridge and was laid down in 1939. The boat was finished in 1940 and was sent for service at the Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station. The lifeboat was 35 ft 6in long and has a beam of 10 ft 3in and a draft of only 2 ft 3.5in. She had a displacement of 6 tons.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.9572, 0.8533
- County
- Norfolk
- District
- North Norfolk
- Parish
- Wells-next-the-Sea
- Postcode
- NR23 1FA
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Norfolk
- Established
- 1940
- Official site
- wellsguide.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q15071914 (CC0)
- wikipedia: RNLB Lucy Lavers (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is RNLB Lucy Lavers?
- RNLB Lucy Lavers is in Norfolk, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode NR23 1FA), in the parish of Wells-next-the-Sea.
- When was RNLB Lucy Lavers built?
- Built or established in 1940.
- Who owns RNLB Lucy Lavers?
- RNLB Lucy Lavers is owned by Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).
- How do I get to RNLB Lucy Lavers?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NR23 1FA. It sits within the North Norfolk parliamentary constituency.