RecordModel, of Beeching lifeboat< 1 of 1 > Back made in Great Yarmouth
Model, of Beeching lifeboatThis wooden model is a copy of the lifeboat designed in 1851 by James Beeching of Great Yarmouth for the Duke of Northumberland's competition to find a satisfactory lifeboat. Built for the Ramsgate Harbour Commissioners, Beeching's lifeboat was the first self-righting lifeboat to go into service. The model was built to a scale of 1:12 by Mr P A Rumbelow of Great Yarmouth. The lifeboat was clinker-built i.e. the hull was constructed of overlapping planks. It was able to self-right due a variety of factors. It had high end boxes which encased the raised air cases. It had a ten-hundredweight iron keel. It also had a tank between the bottom and the deck which was divided into compartments and which carried two and a half tons of water. Beeching's lifeboat greatly influenced the design of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's boats for the following 35 years. It also influenced the general lines of self-righters for the next century. Record detailsTo search on related items, click any linked text below.
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