Hi Folks..
Its this based on a 'true' lifeboat or is this just the name give to this lifeboat. My reason for asking is that I'm just back from a small village in the south of Ireland called 'Fethard-on-sea' where in 1914, nine of the local crew were drowned in an attempt to rescue the crew of the schooner 'Mexico'. The name of the Lifeboat was the 'Helen Blake'. My late father originated from the area and was a Lighthouse keeper for the Irish Lights in Dublin. A few years back, I was a member of my local lifeboat crew on the Mersey Class & D-Class Lifeboat. Even though I have issues with management, the attraction of a lifeboat still grips me something serious.
The 'Helen Blake' lifeboat above is lovely although I think the same named Fethard Lifeboat was a different design.
Declan