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Type/Class Motor > RNLI Lifeboat
Designer: RNLI Watson Class Lifeboat
Builder: Morgan Giles
Year: 1949
Ship statusUnknown
Yard Number509
Home PortLast known Burghead Harbour
Known History
1949 - 1960 Buckie Lifeboat Station
1960 - 1961 Girvan Lifeboat Station
1961 - 1965 Relief Boat
1963 - Re-engined with Parsons 47 HP 4-cyl Porbeagle Diesels
1965 - 1978 Portavogie Harbour NI
1979 - Sold to Lock Awe Western Scotland as pleasure boat Glencoe
1988 - At Toward Point as workboat with a small cabin fitted
1993 - As Pleasure boat VAGRANT at Burghead Harbour
2008 - Converted to Trawler VAGRANT
ConstructionWood
LOA41' 0"
Beam11' 8"
Displacement14 ton 0 cwt
OwnerNot known
Previous Ownership
1949 - 1979 Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Further ownership unknown
