XP-class lifeboat

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XP-class lifeboat
Class overview
NameXP-class
Builders Avon Inflatables
Operators Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution
General characteristics
Displacement61 kg (134 lb) without engine [a]
Length2.8 m (9.2 ft)
Beam1.6 m (5.2 ft) [a]
Propulsion
  • Trent : 1 × 5 hp (3.7 kW) outboard engine [1]
  • Broads: 1 × 10 hp (7.5 kW) Mariner engine [2]
Speed
  • Trent: 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h)
  • Broads: 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h)
RangeTrent: within sight of ALB
EnduranceBroads: 2 hours at top speed
Capacity4 (up to 460 kg or 1,000 lb) [a]
Complement2
  1. 1 2 3 (based on Avon Rover R280 RIB specifications)

The XP-class lifeboat is a class of small inflatable rescue boat operated by the RNLI of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Contents

The XP-class lifeboat is mainly used as a small tender carried onboard RNLI all-weather lifeboats, and is based on the commercially available Avon Rover 280. [3]

It carries a crew of one or two, and is normally found carried on board the Trent-class lifeboat. [4] [2] It is used primarily for assisting in cliff incidents where the casualty is near the water, and where rocks prevent the all-weather lifeboat from getting near the base of the cliff.[ citation needed ]

The XP was also in use at South Broads Lifeboat Station in Suffolk, [2] one of the few RNLI inland waterways lifeboat stations until it closed in 2011, and at Teignmouth Lifeboat Station in Devon, where it is deployed from the larger B-class (Atlantic 85) lifeboat.[ citation needed ]

Other small boats operated by the RNLI include the Arancia-class beach rescue boats, the X-class and the Y-class lifeboats. [4]

References

  1. "Trent class lifeboat". rnli.org. RNLI. Retrieved 7 May 2021. The Trent lifeboat carries a small XP boat, which is an inflatable daughter boat with a 5hp outboard engine
  2. 1 2 3 "South Broads RNLI – XP Class Lifeboat". broadsrnli.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009.
  3. "Trent Class Lifeboats". irishlifeboats.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 "RNLI X+Y Boats". lifeboatsonline.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

XP fleet list

Op. No.StationHost ALBComments
XP-02 Red Bay 14-32 Corinne Whiteley
XP-05 Alderney 14-04 Roy Barker I(retired)retired
XP-09 Fraserburgh 14-34 Willie & May Gall
XP-10 Eastbourne 14-02 Esme Anderson
XP-11Sold-Sold
XP-14 Fenit 14-27 Robert Hywel Jones Williams
XP-15Sold-Sold
XP-16 Dun Laoghaire 14-05 Anna Livia
XP-17 Donaghadee 14-36 Saxon(retired)Retired
XP-18sold-sold
XP-19 Howth 14-33 Roy Barker III
XP-24 Fishguard 14-03 Blue Peter VII
XP-25sold-sold
XP-27 Achill Island 14-28 Sam and Ada Moody
XP-28 Port St Mary 14-15 Henry Heys Duckworth
XP-30Retired14-26 Gough Ritchie IIRetired
XP-32Relief fleet14-18 Maurice and Joyce HardyRelief fleet
XP-33 Great Yarmouth and Gorleston 14-10 Samarbeta
XP-34 Arklow 14-19 Ger Tigchelaar(retired)Retired
XP-35 Portree 14-16 Stanley Watson Barker
XP-38Relief fleet-Relief fleet
XP-40Sold-Sold
XP-41Relief fleet-Relief fleet
XP-42 South Broads RetiredRetired 2008
XP-45 South Broads RetiredRetired 2011
XP-46Relief fleet14-17 Elizabeth and RonaldRelief fleet
XP-49Sold-Sold
XP-50 Alderney 14-29 Inner Wheel II
XP-51 Douglas 14-37 Betty Huntbatch