Key details
- Current boat name
- Helen Blake
- Boat class
- 7106
- Number
- 809
- Function
- Service
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 8.53 / 28ft
- Beam (m / ft)
- 2.44 / 8ft
- Leeward
- Keel
- Propulsion
- Engine
Design and build
- Date of build
- 1938
Current status
- Present use
- Museum/RNLI
History
Built by Groves and Guttridge at Cowes, IoW in 1938. The HELEN BLAKE was only one of the Harbour class to be built and was specially designed for the inshore conditions at Poolbeg. HELEN BLAKE was based there from 1938 to 1959.aunched 13 times and saved 5 lives.Sold in 1959. renamed SEA CALL and then displayed at Chatham Historic Dockyard from April 1996. GH June 2009