Clyde-class lifeboat
RNLB 70-001 Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No.35) (ON 1030), now Dolphin at Maassluis, 2022 | |
| Class overview | |
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| Cost |
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| Built | 1965–66, 1974 |
| In service | 1968–2002 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Motor lifeboat |
| Displacement | 78–85 tons |
| Length | 70–71 ft (21–22 m) |
| Beam | 17–18 ft (5.2–5.5 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Installed power | Twin Gardner 8L3B 230 bhp (170 kW) diesel engines |
| Propulsion | Twin screw |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Range | 1,700 nmi (3,100 km) |
The Clyde-class lifeboat was operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) from just two of its stations in the United Kingdom, Kirkwall and Clovelly. Only three vessels were built for the RNLI, however a fourth vessel was built in the Netherlands to the same lines as 70-001 and 70-003, as a pilot boat for Trinity House.