Displacement 14-17 tons Beam 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) | Length 46 ft 6 in (14.17 m) | |
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Name Norfolk and Suffolk-class Operators Royal National Lifeboat Institution Installed power ON 432 32 bhp Blake 4SA 4-cyl. petrol
ON 663 60 bhp Tyler D.1 4-cyl. petrol
ON 670 80bhp Weyburn DE6 6-cyl. petrol
ON 691 80bhp White DE6 6-cyl. petrol | ||
Norfolk and Suffolk-class lifeboats were lifeboats operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) from stations around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. They were able to operate further from shore and around the sandbanks common off East Anglia.
Description
Norfolk and Suffolk class boats were designed to operate further from shore and specifically around East Anglia. Originally a pulling and sailing design, in 1906 Walton on the Naze's 43 foot RNLB James Stevens No. 14 (ON 432), built in 1900, was fitted with a 32 bhp petrol engine and served at the station until 1928. Originally, the engines in motor lifeboats were regarded as an auxiliary and they retained their full sailing rig. The conversion of James Stevens No. 14 was deemed a success and from 1921 to 1925 three further 46ft 6in boats were built new as motor lifeboats for service at East Anglian stations.
RNLB Alfred Corry (ON 353), built Gt Yarmouth 1893 is a 44 ft, non-self righting lifeboat. She is a pulling and sailing type Norfolk and Suffolk-class with two-masts and 16 oars.