Atlantic 75-class lifeboat

Atlantic 75 - Leigh-on-Sea Lifeboat B-776
Class overview
Name:	Atlantic 75
Builders:	Inshore Lifeboat Centre, Cowes
Operators:	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Preceded by:	Atlantic 21
Succeeded by:	Atlantic 85
In service:	1993–
Completed:	97
General characteristics
Displacement:	1.6 tonnes
Length:	7.38 m (24.2 ft)
Beam:	2.65 m (8.7 ft)
Draught:	0.41 m (1.3 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × Evinrude 2-stroke outboard engines, 70 hp (52 kW) or 2 × Yamaha 75 hp (56 kW) engines
Speed:	32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h) (although speeds of 35+ kts have been recorded unofficially with the Yamaha engines)
Endurance:	2.5 hours
Capacity:	23
Complement:	3

The Atlantic 75 is part of the B-Class of lifeboats that serve the shores of the United Kingdom as a part of the RNLI inshore fleet.

The Atlantic 75 is the second generation Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) in the B-class series, developed from the Atlantic 21. These boats gradually replaced the Atlantic 21 fleet, but have now been superseded by the new Atlantic 85 lifeboat.

Description

One of the main improvements made to the Atlantic 75 is the addition of a ballast tank at the front of the boat which enables the boat to launch into larger surf than the Atlantic 21. The ballast when full, either of sea water or water from a hose, weighs the same as three fully grown men.

Fleet

Atlantic 75 B-704 during a demonstration in 2009

Atlantic 75 B-713 alongside Atlantic 21 B-526 in 2005

Atlantic 75 B-734 at the Bristol Harbour Festival in 2008

Atlantic 75 B-736 off Anchor Head, Weston-super-Mare in 2007

Whitstable Lifeboat, Oxford Town and Gown B-764

Atlantic 75 B-776 at Southend-on-Sea in 2009

Atlantic 75 B-777 launching in Redcar in 2006

Op. No.[lower-alpha 1]	Name	In service	Principal Station	Comments
B-700	Susan Peacock	1994–2012		Prototype Atlantic 75 Now named Vixen with Poole Harbour Commission
B-701	Gordon England	1994–	Relief fleet
B-702	Manchester Unity of Oddfellows	1994–2007 2007–	Sheringham Enniskillen	First Atlantic 75 to be officially placed on service
B-703	Jason Logg	1994–2007 2007–	Flamborough Enniskillen
B-704	Enid Mary	1994–2007 2007–	Aberystwyth Relief fleet
B-705	Vera Skilton	1994–2007 2007–	Relief fleet Lough Derg
B-706	Blue Peter V	1994–2009 2009–	Portaferry Relief fleet
B-707	Mercurious	1994–2008 2008–	Criccieth Loch Ness
B-708	Bessie	1994–2008 2008–	Minehead Baltimore
B-709	Lucy Beryl	1995–	Relief fleet	Now with Kaskinen Finland
B-710	Friendly Forrester II	1995–2008 2008–	Poole Happisburgh
B-711	Helene	1995–2010 2010–	Bundoran Relief fleet
B-712	Betty Battle	1995–2010	Hayling Island	Now with ICE-SAR
B-713	OEM Stone I	1995–2008	Relief fleet	Now with Dorset Police (P003)
B-714	Spirit of Cumbria	1995–2010 2010–2012	Silloth Relief fleet	Now with KNRM
B-715	Phyllis	1995–2008 2008–	Newquay Relief fleet
B-716	Gordon Mote	1995–2007 2007–	Relief fleet RNLI College	Capsize Training boat at RNLI Lifeboat College
B-717	Daisy Aitken	1995–2008 2008–2010	Lough Swilly Relief fleet	Now at Skagastrond with ICE-SAR
B-718	Rotaract I	1995–2010	Relief fleet	Now with ICE-SAR
B-719	Percy Henry Patmore MBE MM	1995–2010	St Bees	Now with ICE-SAR
B-720	Frederick Robertson	1995–2010 2010–	Kinghorn RNLI College
B-721	Rock Light	1996–2010	New Brighton	Now at Keflavik with ICE-SAR
B-722	Beatrice Dorothy	1996–2010	Relief fleet	Now with Dorset Police (P006)
B-723	Walters Lifeboat	1996–	Relief fleet
B-724	Rotarian Dennis Cullen	1996–	Relief fleet
B-725	Spirit of Penarth	1996–2010 2010–	Penarth Relief fleet
B-726	Giles	1996–2009	Porthcawl	Now with Dorset Police (P004)
B-727	CDR & Mrs Rodney Wells	1996–2010 2010–	Rye Harbour Relief fleet
B-728	Dorothy Mary	1996–2011 2011–	Red Bay Relief fleet
B-729	Rose West	1996–2010 2010–2013 2013–	Kilrush Portishead Lifeboat Trust Relief fleet
B-730	CSMA-Frizell	1996–2010 2010–	Portsmouth Relief fleet
B-731	Dorothy Selina	1997–2010 2010–	Trearddur Bay Relief fleet
B-732	Elizabeth Ann	1997–2011	Relief fleet	Now with Dorset Police (P005)
B-733	Brandy Hole	1997–2011 2011–2013 2013–2015 2015–	Burnham-on-Crouch Relief fleet Portishead Lifeboat Trust Relief fleet
B-734	Amy Constance	1997–	Relief fleet
B-735	Donald and Ethel Macrae	1997–2011 2011–	Queensferry Relief fleet
B-736	Toshiba Wave Warrior	1997–	Relief fleet
B-737	Thelma Glossop	1997–2011 2011–	Brighton Relief fleet
B-738	Dochas	1997–2010 2010–2011	Galway Relief fleet	Reported scrapped
B-739	Peggy Keith Learmond	1997–2011	Largs	Now with ICE-SAR
B-740	Alexander Cattanach	1997–2011 2011–	Kyle of Lochalsh Relief fleet
B-741	Pearl of Dorset	1997–2012 2012–	Lyme Regis Relief fleet
B-742	Douglas Paley	1997–2012 2012–	Appledore Relief fleet
B-743	Alex & Maime Preston	1998–	Tighnabruaich	Now on service with Red Cross in Biscay, Basque Country
B-744	Robert George Alexander	1998–	Clacton-on-Sea	Now on service with Red Cross in Biscay, Basque Country
B-745	CSMA 75th Anniversary	1998–	Newbiggin
B-746	Phyl Clare 3	1998–	Weymouth
B-747	Rockabill	1998–	Skerries
B-748	Bickerstaffe	1998–2013 2013–	Blackpool Relief fleet
B-749	D J S Haverhill	1998–2011 2011–2012	Hunstanton Relief fleet	Now with ICE-SAR Reykjavik
B-750	Leslie Tranmer	1998–2013 2013–	Southwold Relief fleet
B-751	Benjamin Dowing Fairbridge	1999–	Clifden
B-752	Tanni Grey	1999–	Cardigan
B-753	City of Bradford V	1999–2012 2012–	Relief fleet Baltimore
B-754	Pride of Sherwood	1999–	Relief fleet[1]
B-755	London's Anniversary 175	1999–	Relief fleet[2]
B-756	Eve Pank	1999–2005 2005–2007 2007–	Relief fleet St Helier Falmouth
B-757	Miss Miriam and Miss Nellie Garbutt	1999–	Relief fleet
B-758	Sandwell Lifeline	1999–	Aberdovey
B-759	Spirit of Clovelly	1999–2014 2015–2015 2015–	Clovelly Portishead Relief fleet
B-760	Alice and Charles	1999–	Helvick Head
B-761	Dignity	2000–2014 2014–	West Mersea Relief fleet
B-762	Jack & Joyce Burcombe	2000–2004 2004–2007 2007–	Relief fleet Sunderland Relief fleet
B-763	Colin James Daniel	2000–2013 2013–	Atlantic College Relief fleet
B-764	Oxford Town & Gown	2000–	Whitstable
B-765	Bob Turnbull	2000–	Ramsgate
B-766	BBC Radio Cleveland	2000–	Hartlepool
B-767	Maritime Nation	2000–	Relief fleet
B-768	Blue Peter II	2000–2010 2010–	Beaumaris Burry Port[3]
B-769	Coventry & Warwickshire	2001–2005 2005–2006 2006–2008 2008–	Weston-super-Mare Plymouth Relief fleet Weston-super-Mare
B-770	The Boys Brigade	2001–2014 2014–	Arran (Lamlash) Relief fleet
B-771	The Moray Dolphin	2002–2014 2014–	Kessock Relief fleet
B-772	The Eric Rowse	2002–2010 2010–2014 2014–	St Catherine’s Relief fleet Lough Ree
B-773	Duckhams 2001	2001–2015 2015–	Relief fleet[4] Enniskillen (Upper)
B-774	Braemar	2001–2014 2014 2014–2015 2015–	Relief fleet Stonehaven Relief fleet Weymouth
B-775	Millennium Forrester	2001–2004 2001–	Relief fleet Plymouth[5]
B-776	Vic and Billie Whiffen	2001–2015 2015–	Southend-on-Sea Relief fleet
B-777	Leicester Challenge II	2001–2012 2012–2014 2014–	Redcar Relief fleet Burry Port
B-778	Joan Mary	2001–2015 2015–	Mablethorpe Happisburgh
B-779	Blue Peter I	2002–	Littlehampton
B-780	Patricia Jennings	2002–	Youghal
B-781	Elsinore	2002–2015 2015–	Sligo Bay Lough Derg
B-782	Miss Betty	2002–	Crosshaven
B-783	Dorothy and Katherine Barr II	2002–2015 2015–	St Abbs Humber (Boarding boat)
B-784	Victor "Danny" Lovelock	2002–2015 2015–	Lymington Relief fleet
B-785	Fred Clarke	2002–	Littlestone-on-Sea
B-786	Seahorse IV	2002–	Great Yarmouth and Gorleston
B-787	Paul Alexander	2002–	Penlee
B-788	Pride of Leicester	2003–	Staithes and Runswick
B-789	Sure and Steadfast	2003–	Harwich
B-790	Margaret Bench of Solihull	2002–2015 2015–	Abersoch Relief fleet
B-791	Gladys Winifred Tiffney	2003–	Helensburgh
B-792	Joseph and Mary Hiley	2003–2008 2008–2012 2012–2015 2015–	Relief fleet Training fleet Enniskillen (Lower) Relief fleet
B-793	Alan and margaret	2003–	Looe
B-794	Joan Bate	2003–	Salcombe
B-795	Staines Whitfield	2003–	Burnham-on-Sea
B-796	Miss Sally Anne (Baggy)	2003–	Kinsale

1. Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat.

References

1. "B-754 The Pride of Sherwood". RNLI Nottinghamshire.
2. "Relief Lifeboat Arrives.". Clacton Lifeboat.
3. "Burry Port’s Atlantic 75 Blue Peter II on Station". RNLI.
4. "Duckhams new RNLI lifeboat". New Car Net.
5. "Station History". Plymouth Lifeboat Station. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

External links

• RNLI Fleet: B-class (Atlantic)
• Atlantic 75 class lifeboat at Burnham-on-Crouch RNLI Lifeboat Station