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Please scroll down to see the answer and find out some facts about the Exmouth RNLI that you may not have known!
Sideshore is an award-winning coastal hub; home to a watersports centre, restaurant, beach school, cafe, community eco-hub and beachfront retail. We are managed by a not-for-profit Community Interest Company to inspire and educate the community about low carbon living and the protection of the natural world
Margaret Jean
- Class – Mersey
- Operational Number – 12-21
- O/N Number – 1178
- Length – 12 metres
- Beam – 3.8 metres
- Displacement – 14.3 tonnes
- Draught – 1 metre
- Speed – 17 knots
- Propulsion – 2 x Caterpillar 3208T 10.4 litre V6 turbocharged 280hp diesel engines, propulsion via Twin Disc MG506-1 gearboxes, shafts and propellers
- Range – 140 nautical miles
- Complement – 6
- Survivor Capacity – 21 Self-Righting, 43 Non Self-Righting
- Cost – £647,436
- Launches – 104
Lives saved – 3 - Service Dates – 20 May 2008 to 17 May 2014
- Margaret Jean was a gift from Peter and Jean Bath.
The Mersey class Lifeboat was the first of the fast Lifeboats designed to launch from a carriage.
The fully protected propellers allow the boat run onto beach for recovery by a carriage.
It has radio equipment, DGPS Navigator and electronic chart systems, Radar and weather sensors.
In 2009, a 19tonne tractor and carriage arrived, and Margaret Jean became the first lifeboat to occupy the new RNLI Station
Sold by the RNLI in 2020, and now in private use in St Peter Port, Guernsey.
We have strived to provide the most accurate information about our lifesaving boats. If you have any additional details or insights to share, we would love to hear from you. Please reach out to us on welly@exmouthlifeboat.org.uk
YOUR GENEROSITY CAN HELP US SAVE LIVES AT SEA
If you can, please donate to the Exmouth Lifeboat via our Just Giving page
- Gift Aid allows UK charities to claim back the basic rate tax already paid on donations by the donor.
- For every £1 donated the RNLI can claim back 25p from the Government on your behalf.
- Gift Aid applies to UK Tax Payers only
- Details on our Just Giving page
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Sideshore is an award-winning coastal hub; home to a watersports centre, restaurant, beach school, cafe, community eco-hub and beachfront retail. We are managed by a not-for-profit Community Interest Company to inspire and educate the community about low carbon living and the protection of the natural world