 RNLB City of Bristol (ON 1030)
now Gemini Explorer | |
| Class overview | |
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| Operators |
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| Cost |
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| Built | 1965–66, 1974 |
| In service | 1968–2002 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Motor lifeboat |
| Displacement | 78–85 tons |
| Length | 70–71 ft (21–22 m) |
| Beam | 17–18 ft (5.2–5.5 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Installed power | Twin Gardner 8L3B 230 bhp (170 kW) diesel engines |
| Propulsion | Twin screw |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Range | 1,700 nmi (3,100 km) |
The Clyde-class lifeboat was operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) from two of its stations in the United Kingdom, Kirkwall and Clovelly. Only three vessels were built for the RNLI, however a fourth vessel was built in the Netherlands to the same lines as 70-001 and 70-003 as a pilot boat for Trinity House.