XP-class lifeboat

	XP-class lifeboat
Class overview
Name	XP-class
Builders	Avon Inflatables
Operators	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
General characteristics
Displacement	61 kg (134 lb) without engine
Length	2.8 m (9.2 ft)
Beam	1.6 m (5.2 ft)
Propulsion	Trent : 1 × 5 hp (3.7 kW) outboard engine; Broads: 1 × 10 hp (7.5 kW) Mariner engine;
Speed	Trent: 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h); Broads: 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h);
Range	Trent: within sight of ALB
Endurance	Broads: 2 hours at top speed
Capacity	4 (up to 460 kg or 1,000 lb)
Complement	2
	^ a b c (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.

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

^ "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
^ a b c "South Broads RNLI - XP Class Lifeboat". broadsrnli.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009.
^ "Trent Class Lifeboats". irishlifeboats.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ a b "RNLI X+Y Boats". lifeboatsonline.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

External links

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[n1-1] (based on Avon Rover R280 RIB specifications)

[2] "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

[broads-3] "South Broads RNLI - XP Class Lifeboat". broadsrnli.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009.

[4] "Trent Class Lifeboats". irishlifeboats.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[lifeboatsonline-5] "RNLI X+Y Boats". lifeboatsonline.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.