Watson class
Selsey Lifeboat Launch
RNLI Lifeboat Canadian Pacific being launched at Selsey during an open day, overhead is an RAF Search and Rescue helicopter which is taking part in the demonstration.
This postcard photo was taken after 1961 when Canadian Pacific had a major refit which included replacing her Ferry VE4 diesel engines with Parsons Barracuda Mk1's, removal of the funnel and adding a shelter on the cockpit, but before 1969 when she was moved from Selsey onto the reserve fleet, she is the second Selsey Lifeboat to bear the name, both were built and financed with donations from the Canadian Pacific Company to the RNLI, the first Canadian Pacific was destroyed by fire during a refit in 1937.
Selsey Lifeboat Launch
RNLI Lifeboat Canadian Pacific being launched at Selsey during an open day, overhead is an RAF Search and Rescue helicopter which is taking part in the demonstration.
This postcard photo was taken after 1961 when Canadian Pacific had a major refit which included replacing her Ferry VE4 diesel engines with Parsons Barracuda Mk1's, removal of the funnel and adding a shelter on the cockpit, but before 1969 when she was moved from Selsey onto the reserve fleet, she is the second Selsey Lifeboat to bear the name, both were built and financed with donations from the Canadian Pacific Company to the RNLI, the first Canadian Pacific was destroyed by fire during a refit in 1937.