RNLI hovercraft lifeboat

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Hovercraft
Introduced: 2002
General Characteristics
Length: 7.75m
Displacement: 2500kg
Construction: Aluminum hull, FRC topsides
Speed: 30 knots
Endurance: 3 hours
Crew: 3

Hovercraft serve the shores of the UK as a part of the RNLI inshore fleet.

The hovercraft was developed to operate in tidal areas such as Morecambe Bay where strandings by incoming tides can have fatal consequences and where normal craft are unable to operate, for example due to mud flats. See, for example 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster.


Classes of RNLI lifeboats
All-Weather Fleet
Moored afloat: Arun | Trent | Severn
Slipway launched: Tyne | Tamar
Carriage launched: Mersey | FCB2
Inshore Fleet
Rigid inflatable: Atlantic 21 | Atlantic 75 | Atlantic 85 | E-Class
Inflatable: D-class | IB1 | Y-class
Other: Hovercraft

Royal National Lifeboat Institution


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