Boston Whaler-class lifeboat

Class overview

Name:	Boston Whaler-class
Builders:	Boston Whaler
Operators:	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Preceded by:	McLachlan
Succeeded by:	Atlantic 21
Built:	1985
In service:	1985–1995
General characteristics
Length:	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Beam:	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion:	2 x 90 hp Evinrude diesels
Speed:	30 knots (35 mph)
Complement:	2/3

The Boston Whaler-class lifeboat was part of the A-class of lifeboats formerly operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was replaced by the B-class (Atlantic 21).^[1]^[2]

Fleet

Op. No.^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Name	Built	In service	Station
A-513	Sam and Iris Coles	1985	1985–1995	Poole

↑ Op. No. stands for RNLI Operational Number

References

↑ Leach, Nicholas (30 April 2014). The Lifeboat Service in South East England. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445617572. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Boston Whaler Lifeboat". Boston Whaler. Retrieved 3 March 2013.

External links

RNLI Fleet

Classes of Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboats

Operational fleet

All-weather lifeboats	Mersey Severn Shannon Tamar Trent Tyne

Inshore lifeboats	B-class: Atlantic 75 Atlantic 85 D-class: IB1 E-class: Mark I Mark II H-class (hovercraft)

Small inflatables	Arancia X-class XP-class Y-class

Historic lifeboats

Pulling and sailing lifeboats

All-weather motor lifeboats

Up to 10 knots	35ft 6in Self-righting Barnett Liverpool Norfolk and Suffolk Oakley Ramsgate Rother Solent Surf Watson

Above 10 knots	Arun Brede Clyde Thames Waveney

Inshore lifeboats

A-class: Hatch
McLachlan
Boston Whaler
B-class: Atlantic 21
C-class: Zodiac IV
D-class: RFD PB16
Avon 650S
Zodiac III
EA16

Experimental lifeboats

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

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