RNLB Thomas McCunn
Thomas McCunn ON 759 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Scotland | |
| Owner | Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) |
| Builder | Groves & Guttridge, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England |
| Official Number | ON 759 |
| Donor | Supplied by money given to RNLI from the legacy of Mr W McCunn of Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Station | Longhope Lifeboat station, Orkney, Scotland |
| Cost | £7120 |
| Yard number | 182 |
| Completed | 1932 |
| Commissioned | 4/1/1933 |
| Decommissioned | 1972 |
| In service | 1933 |
| Fate | Now housed in the Lifeboat shed in Brims where she forms the centrepiece of the museum |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 45ft 6in Watson-class |
| Type | non-self righting |
| Displacement | 18 tons 16 cwt |
| Length | 45 ft 6 in (13.87 m) overall |
| Beam | 12 ft 4 in (3.76 m) |
| Depth | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Installed power | Originally 2 Weyburn petrol engines, the last of the petrol engine LBs designed by Watson himself. Re-engined in 1973 with 2 Mermaid diesels. |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h) |
| Crew | 8 |
| Notes | On 16 May 1999 The National Historic Ships Committee added the Thomas McCunn to the National Register of Historic Vessels (Certificate no 1515) |
RNLB Thomas McCunn (ON 759) is a 45ft 6in Watson-class lifeboat stationed at Longhope in Orkney, Scotland, from January 1933 until April 1962. During which time she was launched on service 101 times and saved 308 lives. After Thomas McCunn left Longhope she was placed into the reserve fleet for ten years before being sold and used as a pleasure boat. In 2000 she was bought by Longhope Lifeboat Museum. The lifeboat is now at the centre of a display in the old slipway at Brims and is still launched on special occasions.