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lfp - ON594 ; "William Riley"

lfp - ON594 ; "William Riley"
ON594 "William Riley" [William Riley of Birmingham & Leamington] Built by Thames Ironworks, London in 1909 to a self-righting design by Rubie. Powered by 10 oars, cox, 2nd cox and bowman - No Sails. Stationed at Upgang and then Whitby. Sold out of service in 1931. Found derelict in Barnstaple and restored to sea-going condition in 2008 & used for fund-raising.
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Oldest exRNLI lifeboat present.
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Personally, I had quite a lot to do with retrieving and restoring her.

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 StoneRoad2013
StoneRoad2013 club
Lifeboat 416 made quite a few trips out for a row in the outer harbour, and did challenge ON594 to a race ...

ON594 also made a number of trips out of the marina, but our crew decided not to accept the challenge.
7 months ago.

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