LIFEBOAT LINKS

Interesting Lifeboat related website links:

LIFEBOATS the website of the RNLI

R.Y.A. the website of the Royal Yachting Association

Cruising Association the website of the Cruising Association

Historic Vessels Register UK National register of historic vessels

Current listing 2003:
WILLIAM & KATE JOHNSTON
Registered

Location:
Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent, England

Current use:
Private: operating

Gross Tonnage:
43.2

Length Overall:
18.28 metres

Type
Rescue Lifeboat

Built
1923, J Samuel White & Co, Cowes, Isle of Wight

History
1923 - 1950, Safety Craft
1951 - 2000, Leisure Craft
2000 - , Training Ship

Names
1923 -1950, William & Kate Johnston
1950 -1995, Jymphany
1995 -2000, Nexus
2000, William & Kate Johnston

Bibliography
James Barnett, 1922, Recent Developments in Motor Life-boats of RNLI in Transaction of the Institute of Naval Architects, Vol. IV, pp. 283
Eric Fry, 1975, Lifeboat Design & Development
Jeff Morris, 1986, The Story of the New Brighton Lifeboats
2000, Article in Liverpool Post, October
Nicholas Leach, 2001, Saviour of Souls-William& Kate Johnston, The story of a Legendary Prototype Lifeboat
2001, Article in East Anglian Daily Times, August