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	Mersey-class lifeboat, Tyne-class lifeboat & Trent-class lifeboat
Cost	£2.5m
Built	2012–
In service	Spring 2013
Planned	57+
Building	6
Completed	53
Active	41 On station 9 Relief fleet 3 Not yet on service
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	2 × Scania DI13 engines, 650 hp (485 kW) 2 × Hamilton HJ 364 Waterjets
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	2 × Scania DI13M, 650 hp (485 kW) 2 × Hamilton HJ 364 Waterjets
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.