McLachlan-class lifeboat

Class overview
A-504 is preserved at Chatham
Name:	McLachlan-class
Builders:	William Osborne, Littlehampton
Operators:	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Preceded by:	Hatch
Succeeded by:	Atlantic 21
Built:	1967–1973
In service:	1967–1988
General characteristics
Length:	18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Beam:	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion:	2 x 60 hp inboard engines with sterndrives
Speed:	22 knots (25 mph)
Complement:	2/3

The McLachlan-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]

Fleet

Op. No.^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Old Op. No.^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Built	In service	Station
A-503	18-02	1967	1967–1970 1971–1972	Eastney Pill
A-504	18-004	1970	1970–1983	Weston-super-Mare
A-505	18-005	1970	1970–1981 1972–1973 1974–1975 1977–2001	Eastney Oban Eastney Humber (Boarding Boat)
A-506	18-006	1972	1972 1972–1976 1976–1979 1979–1980	Peel Relief fleet Poole Plymouth
A-507	18-007	1972	1972–1973 1973–1975 1975–1976 1976 1976–1983	Weston-super-Mare Peel Relief fleet Peel Plymouth
A-508	18-008	1971	1971–1974 1974–1979 1980–1988	Eastney Invergordon Falmouth
A-509	18-009	1972	1972–1976 1978 1978–1988	Plymouth Brighton Relief fleet
A-510	18-010	1973	1973–1974 1975–1984 1986–1987	Pill Ramsgate Humber (Boarding Boat)
A-511	18-011	1973	1973–1980	Oban
A-512	18-012	1973	1975–1987	Torbay

1 2 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)

External links

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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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