Blue Peter Inshore Rescue Life-Boat
- Made:
- 1963
Blue Peter Inshore Rescue life-boat (1963). A class D life boat given to the R.N.L.I. by the BBC children's programme Blue Peter. The boat was a result of the 1966 Blue Peter appeal, in which old books were collected in order to raise money. Each of the boats cost around £650, or about 60,000 books. Blue Peter collected enough books to give the R.N.L.I four new class D lifeboats. The Blue Peter 1 was based at Littlehampton from 1967 to 1972 when it was replaced by a new lifeboat from a subsequent appeal. This inshore rescue boat had a 40 h.p engine attached.
A Class D lifeboat given to the RNLI by Blue Peter as the result of a 1966 fundraising appeal. As part of the fundraising viewers were asked to donate old books which were then collected in order to pay for several lifeboats. Blue Peter 1 was launched at ‘The Boat Show’ at Earl’s Court in 1967 before working out of Littlehampton until 1972 when it was replaced by another lifeboat after another Blue Peter appeal.
Details
- Category:
- Water Transport
- Object Number:
- 1976-56
- Materials:
- rubber (unidentified), asbestos, fibre (unidentified), metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
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overall: 940 mm x 1960 mm x 4840 mm,
- credit:
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution.