The 42ft Watson was the final example of the medium-sized Watson type lifeboat built primarily for slipway launching at those stations where physical boathouse constraints and/or slipway strength precluded the use of the longer and heavier types.

The wooden hulled 42ft Watson featured a long tapering aluminium superstructure running forward from the aft cockpit.

A major departure from previous RNLI practice was the use of commercially available engines, in the form of two Gardner 4LW 4-cylinder marine diesels producing 48bhp each.

Reported in August 2019 as stored on a trailer on farm near Blaenffos, Pembrokeshire.

At the national level ADES Uruguay is part of the National Emergency Committee and at the international level it is part of the IMRF (International Maritime Rescue Federation)[9]