An order for ten of these "Inshore" lifeboats was planned, but with the outbreak of World War II, only one ever reached the stage of being built, fully tried and tested, and then placed on service.

The 28-foot x 8-foot 3¼-ton lifeboat was of conventional RNLI construction, with double diagonal mahogany planking on solid grown oak frames.

A single 20-hp Hyland petrol-engine, in a watertight engine-room, powered the single-screw, and provided a top speed of 7.5 knots, with a range of 40 miles.

[2][3] After trials in the Solent, the lifeboat was placed on station in 1938 at Poolbeg in Ireland, ideally suited to the confined waters of the River Liffey.

Now fully restored, she sits on display as part of the RNLI Heritage Collection at Chatham Historic Dockyard museum.