Talus MB-H amphibious tractor

Talus MB-H
Talus MB-H
	Talus MB-H RNLI launch vehicle
Type	Launch vehicle
Manufacturer	Clayton Engineering Limited
Production	31
Length	216 in (5.5 m)
Width	96 in (2.4 m)
Height	117 in (3.0 m)
Weight	19.000 tonnes with track pads
Propulsion	tracks
Engine model	Caterpillar 3208 V8 Diesel
Gross power	210 hp (160 kW)
Drawbar pull	15 tonnes (18 tonnes max.) on bare drum
Speed	7.5 miles per hour (12.1 km/h)

Last updated May 14, 2024

Talus MB-H is a continuous track launch tractor which was specifically designed for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), to launch and recover carriage mounted lifeboats, particularly the Mersey-class lifeboat, from beach-launched lifeboat stations.^[1] In total, 31 tractors were manufactured by Clayton Engineering Limited of Knighton, Powys.^[2]

Some of the surplus Talus MB-H tractors will be transferred for use at stations using the Inshore Atlantic 85, with a few retained in the relief fleet, whilst the rest are likely to be sold out of service. The following list will include those tractors now in use with Independent rescue services where known.

Talus MB-H fleet

Op. No.	Reg No.	Station	In service^[3]	Current lifeboat pay-load	Comments
T91	UAW 558Y	Trials Hoylake Relief fleet Wells-next-the-Sea Relief fleet Rhyl Relief fleet Llandudno Relief fleet Minehead Relief fleet	1982–1983 1983–1986 1986–1993 1993–1995 1995–1997 1997–2007 2007–2008 2008–2017 2017–2019 2019–2023 2023–		^[4]
T92	A462 AUX	Rhyl Hoylake Relief fleet Ilfracombe Relief fleet Clovelly Relief fleet	1984–1997 1997–2007 2007–2008 2008–2015 2015–2019 2019–2020 2020–
T93	A496 CUX	Skegness Relief fleet Dungeness Relief fleet Rhyl	1984–1995 1995–1996 1996–2005 2005–2007 2007–2019		^[5]
T94	B567 FAW	Relief fleet Hoylake Relief fleet Llandudno Relief fleet Pwllheli Relief fleet	1984–1986 1986–1997 1997–1999 1999–2008 2008–2011 2011–2022 2022–
T95	B188 GAW	Hastings Dungeness Hastings Relief fleet Lytham St Annes	1985 1985–1996 1997–2007 2007–2008 2008–2018		^[6]
T96	B668 HUJ	Hastings North Sunderland Wells-next-the-Sea Ballybunion (Ind)	1985–1997 1998–2006 2006–2023 2023–	B-class (Atlantic 75) Tommy C	^[7]
T97	C282 LNT 85-D-8571	North Sunderland Ilfracombe Relief fleet Barmouth Relief fleet Clogherhead Relief fleet Aberdovey	1986–1998 1998–1999 1999–2004 2004 2004–2010 2010–2013 2013–2014 2014–	B-class (Atlantic 85) Hugh Miles (B-896)
T98	C168 NAW 86-D-120010	Sheringham Relief fleet Cromer Relief fleet Pwllheli Training(Hurn) Relief fleet Clogherhead Relief fleet Clovelly	1986–1992 1992–1996 1996–1999 1999–2000 2000–2011 2011 2011–2013 2013–2019 2019–2020 2020–	B-class (Atlantic 85) Toby Rundle (B-872)
T99	C82 NUX	Wells-next-the-Sea Relief fleet Wells-next-the-Sea Relief fleet Hoylake Relief fleet	1986–1993 1993–1995 1995–2006 2006–2007 2007–2014 2014–
T100	D446 RAW	Bridlington Relief fleet Ilfracombe Relief fleet Bembridge Relief fleet New Quay	1986–1998 1998–1999 1999–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2023
T101	D335 SUJ MMN 258H	Ilfracombe Relief fleet Bridlington Relief fleet Ramsey Relief fleet Minehead	1987–1998 1998–2000 2000–2008 2008–2015 2015–2021 2022–2023 2023–	B-class (Atlantic 85) Penny J II (B-939)	^[8]
T102	E387 VAW	Llandudno Relief fleet New Quay Relief fleet Filey Relief fleet Aldeburgh	1987–1999 1999–2001 2001–2011 2011–2013 2013–2019 2019–2021 2021–	Mersey-class 12-34 Freddie Cooper (ON 1193)
T103	E589 WAW	Pwllheli Scarborough Relief fleet	1987–2001 2001–2015 2015–2016
T104	E269 YUJ 88-LH-3977	Newcastle Relief fleet Clogherhead Relief fleet Anstruther Relief fleet Filey	1988–1999 1999–2001 2001–2010 2010–2012 2012–2016 2016–2019 2019–	B-class (Atlantic 85) Marjorie Shepherd (B-928)
T105	E837 XNT FMN 664V	Clogherhead Relief fleet Ramsey Relief fleet	1988–2001 2001–2002 2002–2015 2015		^{[Sold 1]}
T106	F760 BUJ	Scarborough Relief fleet Filey Relief fleet Maryport (Ind)	1988–2001 2001–2003 2003–2013 2013–2015 2017–	MST Rescue 900 (9m RIB) "E-ON Spirit of Maryport"
T107	F415 EAW	Kilmore Quay Lytham St Annes Relief fleet Margate	1989–2001 2001–2008 2008–2013 2013–	B-class (Atlantic 85) Colonel Stock (B-930)
T108	F133 FUJ 1222 MN	St Ives Relief fleet Bridlington Kilmore Quay Training(Instow) Stored Cromer Relief fleet Exmouth Relief fleet Peel Ramsey Relief fleet	1989–1997 1997–1998 1998–2000 2001–2003 2003–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2014 2014–2019 2019–2021 2021–2022		^[9]
T109	G296 KUX	Filey Margate Relief fleet Training Relief fleet	1990–2003 2003–2013 2013–2015 2015 2015–2016
T110	G751 MNT	Ramsey Anstruther Relief fleet Anstruther	1990–2002 2003–2012 2012–2016 2016–	Mersey-class 12-17 Kingdom of Fife (ON 1174)
T111	H926 PUJ 1222 MN	Margate Relief fleet Peel Caister (Ind)	1991–2003 2003–2004 2004–2019 2020–	Alicat 5m RIB Fred Dyble II	^[10]
T112	H977 SNT	Anstruther Relief fleet Ferryside (Ind)	1991–2003 2003–2017 2017–	Ribcraft 6.4m-Professional RIB The Freemason
T113	J794 VUX	New Quay Relief fleet Filey Relief fleet St Ives Relief fleet Training	1992–2001 2001–2003 2003 2003–2006 2006–2015 2015–2016 2016–
T114	1222 MN J126 WUJ	Peel Skegness	1992–2004 2005–2017		^[11]
T115	K499 AUX	Relief fleet Aldeburgh	1993–2005 2005–2021
T116	K920 DUJ	Aldeburgh Dungeness Relief fleet Training Hemsby (Ind)	1993–2005 2005–2014 2014–2015 2015–2017 2021–	B-class (Atlantic 75) Sea Weaver (ex B-762)
T117	L784 JNT	Relief fleet Skegness Relief fleet Seahouses	1994–1995 1995–2005 2005–2006 2006–2021		^[11] ^{[Sold 2]}
T118	M224 SNT	St Ives Newcastle East Sutherland (Ind)	1997–2006 2006–2022 2022–	Ribcraft 8.0 Lifeboat Wildlands
T119	N470 XAW	Newcastle Relief fleet Hastings Walmer	1999–2006 2006–2007 2007–2019 2019–	B-class (Atlantic 85) Donald McLoughlin (B-808)	^[12]
T120	P514 HAW	Lytham Relief fleet Bridlington Relief fleet Newcastle Relief fleet	1999–2001 2001–2008 2008–2017 2018–2022 2022–2023 2023–
T121	DX04 YZG	Barmouth Relief fleet Newcastle	1992–2019 2019–2023 2023–	Mersey-class 12-20 Leonard Kent (ON 1177)

Notes

↑ Sold to Caldey Island to be used to tow a low water landing stage. Flooded in 2021, replaced with T117
↑ Sold to Caldey Island to be used to tow a low water landing stage, replacing T105

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Mersey-class lifeboats are All-weather lifeboats operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) from stations around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, with three former RNLI boats operated by ADES Uruguay, and one by Bote Salvavidas de Valparaiso, Chile. They are capable of operating at up to 17 knots (31 km/h) and can be launched from a carriage or by slipway.

The Atlantic 85 is part of the B-class of lifeboats that serve the shores of the United Kingdom and Ireland as a part of the RNLI inshore fleet.

Wells-next-the-Sea Lifeboat Station is a lifeboat station in the town of Wells-next-the-Sea in the English county of Norfolk. The station, run by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), operates both inshore and offshore lifeboats. The inshore boat is a D-class (IB1) lifeboat named Peter Wilcox (D-707), whilst the offshore lifeboat is Shannon-class 13-46 named Duke of Edinburgh . The station boathouse is located at the beach on the western side of Wells Harbour mouth.

Penarth Lifeboat Station is located in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and originally opened in 1861.

Porthcawl Lifeboat Station opened in 1860 and a boathouse was subsequently built on the promenade to house the lifeboat. This station was closed in 1902 when Porthcawl Dock was closed.

Burnham-on-Sea Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset in England. A lifeboat was stationed in the town from 1836 until 1930. The present station was opened in 2003. It operates two inshore lifeboats (ILBs), a B-Class rigid-inflatable boat and an inflatable D-Class.

Exmouth Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Exmouth, Devon, England. The first lifeboat was stationed in the town in 1803 and the present station was opened in 2009. In 2014 a new Shannon-class 25-knot all-weather boat (ALB) went on station. Also operated is a D-class (IB1) inshore lifeboat (ILB).

Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station is an RNLI station located in the town of Aldeburgh in the English county of Suffolk.

RNLB The Oddfellows (B-818) is the current rigid-inflatable inshore lifeboat on station at the English coastal town of Sheringham in the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom.

RNLB Manchester Unity of Oddfellows (B-702) was an Atlantic 75-class lifeboat rigid-inflatable inshore lifeboat on station at the English coastal town of Sheringham in the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom. The boat was a permanent replacement for the Atlantic 21-class lifeboat RNLB B-536 which served at Sheringham from 29 January 1994.

Cardigan Lifeboat Station, at Poppit Sands, North Pembrokeshire, near Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales, is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat station opened in 1849. The station closed in 1932 but reopened in 1971 as an inshore lifeboat station.

Hunstanton Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution operated lifeboat station located in the village of Old Hunstanton in the English county of Norfolk. This is the only lifeboat station on the east coast of England which faces westward, being positioned on the east side of the square-mouthed bay and estuary known as The Wash.

Skegness Lifeboat Station is a lifeboat station located in the town of Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The station is located on the seafront of the south-east coast, north of the Wash and south of the Humber Estuary. This area of the British coastline is characterised by many shoals and constantly changing sandbanks, many of which lie between the town and the East Dudgeon Lightship. The building dates from 1990 and was the first in the British Isles constructed especially for a Mersey-class lifeboat. The boathouse also accommodates an Inshore Lifeboat and a souvenir shop.

Talus MB-4H is a four-wheel-drive launch tractor which was specifically designed for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), to launch and recover inshore lifeboats from beach launched lifeboat stations.

Talus MB-764 is a four-wheel drive launch tractor which was specifically designed for the RNLI, to launch and recover inflatable inshore lifeboats from beach and shorebased launched lifeboat stations. The Tractor is produced by the British company of Clayton Engineering Limited who are based in Knighton, Powys.

The New Holland TC45 is a four-wheel drive compact tractor, adapted to suit the launch and recovery requirements for some of the RNLI's inflatable inshore lifeboats from beach and shore-based lifeboat stations.

The Talus Atlantic 85 DO-DO launch carriage is a Drive On - Drive Off lifeboat launch and recovery carriage used by the RNLI to launch its Atlantic class inshore lifeboats.

Shannon Launch and Recovery System (SLARS) is a custom designed tractor and trailer specifically designed for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to launch and recover Shannon-class lifeboats.

Seahouses Lifeboat Station is located in the village of Seahouses, in the county of Northumberland.

References

↑ "Talus MBH Tractor". Description and details of the Model. Clayton Engineering Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
↑ OS Explorer Map 201 - Knighton and Presteigne Tref-y-clawdd a Dyffryn Elan, Author: Ordnance Survey. Publisher: Ordnance Survey. Work: Folded Map. ISBN 9780319237588
↑ Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 91–93.
↑ "UAW 558Y - 1982 Talus MB-H Crawler - Launch And Recovery Tractor". flickr photograph of T91. flickr. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
↑ Skegness Lifeboats – An illustrated History. Author: Leach, Nicholas. Publisher:Landmark Publishing Ltd. Year Published:2008. Work: Chapter 7, Lincolnshire Poacher, Page 84, Arrival of new boat and tractor. ISBN 978-1-84306-423-7
↑ "A Man and his Beast". Photos from the Lytham St Annes Station of their new Talus MB-H (T 103). Copyright © 2014, Industry MRO Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
↑ "Ballybunion Sea & Cliff Rescue Service". Ballybunion Sea & Cliff Rescue Service. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
↑ The Bridlington Lifeboat – The First 200 Years, 1805-2005. Author: Fred Walkington, MBE. Publisher: Phillimore & CO. Ltd. 2005 Edition. Work: Chapter 6, Page 108, Illustration 37. The present lifeboat tractor, T101. ISBN 9781860773358
↑ "The Tractor has Arrived". Photos from the Exmouth Station Website of their new Talus MB-H (T 103). Exmouth Lifeboat Station - RNLI. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
↑ "Caister Lifeboat | EXPLORE OUR LIFEBOATS". www.caisterlifeboat.org.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
1 2 Skegness Lifeboats – An illustrated History. Author: Leach, Nicholas. Publisher:Landmark Publishing Ltd. Year Published:2008. Work: Chapter 7, Lincolnshire Poacher, Page 94, illustrations: Talus T114 bottom left of page, Talus T117 top of page. ISBN 978-1-84306-423-7
↑ "Hastings Lifeboat Station – RNLI website". Home page of the Hastings station. RNLI © 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

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[9] Sold to Caldey Island to be used to tow a low water landing stage. Flooded in 2021, replaced with T117

[13] Sold to Caldey Island to be used to tow a low water landing stage, replacing T105

[TALMB-1] "Talus MBH Tractor". Description and details of the Model. Clayton Engineering Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

[OS201-2] OS Explorer Map 201 - Knighton and Presteigne Tref-y-clawdd a Dyffryn Elan, Author: Ordnance Survey. Publisher: Ordnance Survey. Work: Folded Map. ISBN 9780319237588

[LBES-3] Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 91–93.

[YAW-4] "UAW 558Y - 1982 Talus MB-H Crawler - Launch And Recovery Tractor". flickr photograph of T91. flickr. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[SKGLIFENL-5] Skegness Lifeboats – An illustrated History. Author: Leach, Nicholas. Publisher:Landmark Publishing Ltd. Year Published:2008. Work: Chapter 7, Lincolnshire Poacher, Page 84, Arrival of new boat and tractor. ISBN 978-1-84306-423-7

[LYTH-6] "A Man and his Beast". Photos from the Lytham St Annes Station of their new Talus MB-H (T 103). Copyright © 2014, Industry MRO Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[Ballybunion-7] "Ballybunion Sea & Cliff Rescue Service". Ballybunion Sea & Cliff Rescue Service. Retrieved 28 February 2024.

[BRIDLING1-8] The Bridlington Lifeboat – The First 200 Years, 1805-2005. Author: Fred Walkington, MBE. Publisher: Phillimore & CO. Ltd. 2005 Edition. Work: Chapter 6, Page 108, Illustration 37. The present lifeboat tractor, T101. ISBN 9781860773358

[EXM-10] "The Tractor has Arrived". Photos from the Exmouth Station Website of their new Talus MB-H (T 103). Exmouth Lifeboat Station - RNLI. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

[11] "Caister Lifeboat | EXPLORE OUR LIFEBOATS". www.caisterlifeboat.org.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

[SKGLIFENL1-12] 1 2 Skegness Lifeboats – An illustrated History. Author: Leach, Nicholas. Publisher:Landmark Publishing Ltd. Year Published:2008. Work: Chapter 7, Lincolnshire Poacher, Page 94, illustrations: Talus T114 bottom left of page, Talus T117 top of page. ISBN 978-1-84306-423-7

[HASTING-14] "Hastings Lifeboat Station – RNLI website". Home page of the Hastings station. RNLI © 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

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Talus MB-H amphibious tractor

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Talus MB-H fleet

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