McLauchlan-class lifeboat

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Class overview

Builders:	Boston Whaler
Operators:	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Preceded by:	Hatch
Succeeded by:	D Class (EA16)
In service:	1967–
General characteristics
Length:	5.4864 m (18.000 ft)

The McLauchlan-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 D class lifeboat (EA16).^[1]

References

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

Up to 10 knots	Barnett Liverpool Norfolk and Suffolk Oakley Peake Ramsgate Rother Solent Surf Watson

Above 10 knots	Arun Brede Clyde Thames Waveney Nelson

Inshore lifeboats	A Class: Hatch McLauchlan B Class: Atlantic 21 C Class: Zodiac IV D Class: EA16

Experimental lifeboats	Medina

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