 The Barrow Lifeboat Grace Dixon
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tamar class |
| Builders |
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| Operators |  Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
| Preceded by | Tyne |
| Cost | £2.6m ($2.91m) |
| Built | 2000–2013[2] |
| In service | 2006–Present |
| Planned | 27 |
| Building | 0 |
| Completed | 27 |
| Active | 27 |
| Retired | 1 (Prototype) |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 31.5 t (31 long tons) |
| Length | 16.3 m (53 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h) |
| Range | 250 nmi (460 km) |
| Capacity | 118 (self-righting up to 44) |
| Complement | 7 |
Tamar-class lifeboats are all-weather lifeboats (ALBs) operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. They have replaced the majority of the older Tyne ALBs. The prototype was built in 2000 and 27 production boats were constructed between 2006 and 2013.
The class name comes from the River Tamar in south west England which flows into the English Channel, where the hulls from SAR Composites were fitted-out by Babcock International Group.[2]
- ^ "RNLI takes over lifeboat hull construction". Maritime Journal. 1 February 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ a b Thomas, Tamsin (22 May 2013). "Praise for Babcock as final RNLI Tamar class lifeboat is completed". RNLI. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.