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RNLB ''Jesse Lumb'' (ON 822) is a historic lifeboat. Built by
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in 1939, ''Jesse Lumb'' served as the lifeboat at
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on the
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from 1939 to 1970, becoming the last of her type in service. Since 2000 she has been preserved a
Classic Boat Museum, Cowes
In August 1999 she was inscribed on the
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, becoming part of the
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.


Design and construction

''Jesse Lumb'' is a 46-ft
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constructed from
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with a diagonally planked double skin. She was powered by two diesel engines with twin propellers, and displaced 20.5 tons.The National Register states ''Jesse Lumb'' was powered by twin Ferry VE4 40hp engines, while the Imperial War Museum catalogue states she was powered by two Parsons Barracuda 65hp engines. ''Jesse Lumb'' was named in honour of the owner of Folly Hall Mill in
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, and her construction funded by a £9,000 bequest by Annie Lumb, Jesse Lumb's sister. The lifeboat was named on 21 July 1939.


Operational service

Commissioned in summer 1939 ''Jesse Lumb'' served throughout the
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, saving 138 lives during the conflict. On the night of 29/30 January 1940, ''Jesse Lumb'' spent 14 hours at sea in freezing weather while rescuing the crew of the trawler ''Kingston Cairngorm'' off
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. Coxswain Harry J Gawn was later awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Bronze Medal. On 8 August 1940, during the
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, ''Jesse Lumb'' went to the assistance of a
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air-sea rescue launch that had been machine-gunned by German aircraft. After the Second World War, ''Jesse Lumb'' participated in other notable rescues; on 5 December 1947 she rescued 18 crewmen from the trawler ''Erraid'', and in 1968 assisted the diesel-electric submarine HMS ''Alliance'' after its stranding on Bembridge Ledge.


Preservation

''Jesse Lumbs service at Bembridge ended in 1970. She then spent some years in the RNLI relief fleet before being acquired by the
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and placed on display at the museum's branch at
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in Cambridgeshire. She became part of the
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in August 1999, with certificate number 1759.


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