Montrose Lifeboat, 13-10 entering Arbroath Harbour
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Class overview | |
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Builders |
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Operators | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
Preceded by | |
Cost | £2.5m |
Built | 2012– |
In service | Spring 2013 |
Planned | 57+ |
Building | 3 |
Completed | 54 |
Active |
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General characteristics (1st Experimental boat, Camarc hull) | |
Displacement | 14.6 long tons (15 t) |
Length | 13.6 m (44 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 4.54 m (14 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 0.75 m (2 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) |
Range | 250 nmi (460 km) |
Complement | 5-6 |
General characteristics (Prototype, RNLI hull) | |
Displacement | 17 long tons (17 t) |
Length | 13.6 m (44 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 1.0 m (3 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h) |
Range | 250 nmi (460 km) |
Complement | 6 crew (survivor capacity 23 self-righting or 79 not self-righting) |
The Shannon-class lifeboat[1] (previously FCB2 – Fast Carriage Boat 2) is the latest class of lifeboat currently being deployed to the RNLI fleet to serve the shores of the British Isles. The Shannon class is due to replace most Mersey-class lifeboats and some Trent-class lifeboats.