Zetland Lifeboat Museum and Redcar Heritage Centre

Zetland Lifeboat Conservation

Zetland Open Day 2012.wmv

The Zetland Lifeboat is the oldest existing lifeboat in the world and is housed in the Zetland RNLI & Heritage Museum on Redcars seafront.

Zetland Lifeboat Conservation

16 April 2013

In the last 2 days, we have had an expert, provided by the National Historic Ships, open up some box sections.
Access was gained to one side only. It is anticipated that the findings will be consistent in other similar areas.
The findings were mixed. Several documents had indicated that air tanks were copper lined, however, no evidence was found.
Bearing in mind these sections had not been visible in over 200 years, it appears there is no significant, general areas of rot. Some edges of the deck boards had evidence of rot, however, most of the rot is out of sight. It appears that the rot was caused by a mixture of exposure to water/damp and rusting iron nails.
The next step is to wait for the report, which will identify the options for conservation.
The options will be discussed between the RNLI Zetland Museum Management Committee, RNLI Heritage and Redcar & Cleveland Council Museums Dept.
Dependent on the option, the same group will then enquire as to who is able to carry out the work to a strict criteria.
The bottom line is we will make all decisions in the best interest of the Zetland so she will last at least another 200 years.

Hoylake Lifeboat Museum - Chapman comes home

On the 19th of May 2011 the Chapman Lifeboat found a new home at Hoylake Lifeboat Museum.

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