Shannon-class lifeboat

Montrose Lifeboat, 13-10 entering Arbroath Harbour
Class overview
Builders
  • 2005-2016 SAR Composites Ltd / Berthon Boat Company
  • 2016–2017 SAR Composites Ltd / RNLI
  • 2017– RNLI
Operators Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Preceded by
Cost£2.5m
Built2012–
In serviceSpring 2013
Planned57+
Building3
Completed54
Active
  • 41 On station
  • 10 Relief fleet
  • 3 Not yet on service
General characteristics (1st Experimental boat, Camarc hull)
Displacement14.6 long tons (15 t)
Length13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
Beam4.54 m (14 ft 11 in)
Draught0.75 m (2 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Scania DI13 engines, 650 hp (485 kW)
  • 2 × Hamilton HJ 364 Waterjets
Speed27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Range250 nmi (460 km)
Complement5-6
General characteristics (Prototype, RNLI hull)
Displacement17 long tons (17 t)
Length13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
Beam4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Draught1.0 m (3 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Scania DI13M, 650 hp (485 kW)
  • 2 × Hamilton HJ 364 Waterjets
Speed25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h)
Range250 nmi (460 km)
Complement6 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.

  1. ^ "Shannon class lifeboat". RNLI. Retrieved 1 January 2023.