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RNLB Thomas McCunn (ON 759)
RNLB '' Thomas McCunn'' (ON 759) is a 〔() Longhope Lifeboat Thomas McCunn ON 759〕 lifeboat stationed at Longhope in Orkney, Scotland,〔OS Explorer Map: Orkney - Hoy, South Walls & Flotta: Published: Ordnance Survey: ISBN 978-0-319-23998-8〕 from January 1933 until April 1962. During which time she was launched on service 101 times and saved 308 lives.〔 After ''Thomas McCunn'' left Longhope she was placed into the reserve fleet for ten years before being sold and used as a pleasure boat. In 2000 she was bought by Longhope Lifeboat Museum. The lifeboat is now at the centre of a display in the old slipway at Brims and is still launched on special occasions.〔
==Design and construction==
''Thomas McCunn'' was built at the yard of Groves and Guttridge Ltd on the Isle of Wight, England.〔 Her hull is constructed using double diagonal planking of Honduras Mahogany on a framework of Teak ribs and beams with the stem and stern posts and her keel of English oak. The stern and stem posts are grown to the required shape to give the lifeboat its strength and sturdiness. The ''Thomas McCunn'' was long and wide. The hull is divided into seven watertight compartments, of which the engine room is one. The hull is fitted with 142 mahogany air cases, all individually made to fit into its allocated position in the hull. Her equipment included the latest innovations of the time which included a line throwing gun and an electrically powered searchlight.
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