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RNLB Rosa Woodd and
Phyllis Lunn. 1933 - 1963 |
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| This 41 -foot Watson type boat was
driven by twin screw petrol engines giving her a speed of
8 knots. She carried a crew of eight. To house her a new boathouse and slipway was built on Kingston Beach from which the lifeboat can be launched at any state of the tide to answer distress calls from Brighton to Littlehampton. The cost of this lifeboat, £6,500, was provided out of a legacy from the late Mrs. Rose Lord and collections received through Mr. W.H.Lunn and Mr. C. F. S. Perowne. This boat remained at Shoreham for 30 years, during which time she was launched 244 times and saved 143 lives; she was then re-engined with diesel engines and put into the reserve fleet and replaced by the Dorothy and Philip Constant. Coxswains Fred Laker, Joseph Farbridge, James Upperton and Victor Page served on this boat, and during her service she took part in the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk. The Rosa Woodd, like many lifeboats, has been converted into a pleasure craft. See here. |
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