 RNLB St Paul preserved at Chatham
| |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Norfolk and Suffolk-class |
| Builders | Various |
| Operators |  RNLI and others |
| Built | 1807–1925 |
| In service | 1807–1953 |
| General characteristics - sailing lifeboats | |
| Length | 30 to 46 ft (9.1 to 14.0 m) |
| Beam | 10 to 12 ft (3.0 to 3.7 m) |
| Crew | 16–22 |
| General characteristics - motor lifeboats | |
| Displacement | 14-17 tons |
| Length | 46 ft 6 in (14.17 m) |
| Beam | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
| Installed power | 40 bhp to 80 bhp |
| Propulsion | Single screw |
| Speed | 8 kn (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) |
| Range | ~115 nmi (132 mi; 213 km) |
| Crew | 13 |
Norfolk and Suffolk-class lifeboats were lifeboats operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) from stations around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. They were able to operate further from shore and around the sandbanks common off East Anglia.