XP class lifeboat
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The XP class lifeboat is a class of small inflatable boat
Inflatable boat
An inflatable boat is a lightweight boat constructed with its sides and bow made of flexible tubes containing pressurised gas. For smaller boats, the floor and hull beneath it is often flexible. On boats longer than , the floor often consists of three to five rigid plywood or aluminium sheets fixed...
operated by the RNLI of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and Ireland
Ireland
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The XP-Class Lifeboat, based on the commercially available Avon Rover 280 is mainly used as a small tender carried on board the RNLI All Weather lifeboats.
The XP class carries a crew of one or two, and is normally found carried on board the Trent class lifeboat
Trent class lifeboat
The Trent class lifeboat is an all-weather lifeboat operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution from 30 stations around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland to provide coverage up to out to sea...
. It is used primarily for assisting in cliff incidents where the casualty is near the water, and where rocks prevent the All Weather Lifeboat from getting near the base of the cliff.
The XP (along with a D class lifeboat
D class lifeboat
The D class lifeboat EA16 is a class of inflatable boat formally operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of the United Kingdom and Ireland. It has been replace by the D class lifeboat -Utilization:...
) is also in use at the RNLI South Broads Lifeboat station on The Broads
The Broads
The Broads are a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Broads, and some surrounding land were constituted as a special area with a level of protection similar to a UK National Park by The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act of 1988...
in Suffolk, one of the few RNLI inland waterways lifeboat stations, and at Teignmouth
Teignmouth
Teignmouth is a town and civil parish in Teignbridge in the English county of Devon, situated on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign about 14 miles south of Exeter. It has a population of 14,413. In 1690, it was the last place in England to be invaded by a foreign power...
lifeboat station in Devon
Devon
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, where it is deployed from the larger Atlantic 85 class lifeboat
Atlantic 85 class lifeboat
Atlantic 85 class lifeboats serve the shores of the UK and Ireland as a part of the RNLI inshore fleet.The Atlantic 85 is the third generation B-Class Rigid Inflatable Boat developed from the Atlantic 21 and later Atlantic 75...
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Other small boats operated by the RNLI include the Arancia class
Arancia class
The Arancia class Beach Rescue Craft is a class of small Inflatable Rescue Boat operated by Surf Life Saving Great Britain and the RNLI of the United Kingdom and Ireland....
Beach Rescue boats, the X class lifeboat
X class lifeboat
The X class lifeboats is a class of small inflatable boat operated by the RNLI of the United Kingdom and Ireland.The X-Class Lifeboat is used as a small tender carried on board the RNLI All Weather lifeboats that serve the shores of the UK....
and the Y class lifeboat
Y class lifeboat
The Y class lifeboat is a class of small inflatable boat operated by the RNLI of the United Kingdom and Ireland.The Y-class is mainly used as a small tender carried on board the RNLI All Weather lifeboats that serve the shores of the UK, and is normally found on the Severn and the Tamar class...
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