B-class lifeboat (Atlantic 21)
Falmouth Round Table (B-595) during Falmouth Lifeboat Day, August 2006.
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | B-class (Atlantic 21) |
| Builders: | Inshore Lifeboat Centre, Cowes |
| Operators: |
 Royal National Lifeboat Institution
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| Preceded by: | C-class |
| Succeeded by: | B-class (Atlantic 75) |
| Built: | 1969–1994 |
| In service: | 1970–2007 |
| Completed: | 96 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1.4 tonnes |
| Length: | 7.21 m (23.7 ft) |
| Beam: | 2.49 m (8.2 ft) |
| Draught: | 0.81 m (2.7 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 70 hp (52 kW) 2-stroke outboard engines |
| Speed: | 32 knots (37 mph) |
| Endurance: | 3 hours |
| Capacity: | 22 |
| Complement: | 3 |
The Atlantic 21 is part of the B-class of lifeboats that served the shores of the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the RNLI inshore fleet. The Atlantic 21 was the first generation Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB), first developed at Atlantic College in South Wales.
Nearly all of the Atlantic 21s have been retired from service by 2006, one of the notable exceptions to this being the boat allocated to Walmer in Kent. RNLB James Burgess (B-589) was retired to the relief fleet in December 2006, it was replaced by a B-class (Atlantic 85).
The Atlantic 21 can be launched from either a davit, trolley or from a floating boathouse depending on the location of the station and the available facilities.
The boat carries a variety of equipment which includes two VHF radios, First Aid Kit & oxygen, GPS navigation system, night vision equipment, self-righting system, anchor and various warps, toolkit, towing system, illuminating and distress pyrotechnics, spotlight, torches.
The rollbar assembly installed above the engines contains a self-righting bag which is operated by a member of the crew activating a gas bottle.
2010-2013
2014-2016
LifeSaving Victoria, AU
VMR, AU
2010 - Transferred to Lifesaving Victoria (Melbourne, Australia)
2013 - Operated by VMR Mornington - Volunteer Marine Rescue Inc - (Mornington, Australia)
1994–1995
1995–1998
1998–?
?–2015
2015–2016
2016–...
Relief fleet
Finnish Lifeboat Society
Unknown
Private owner
Muhu Maritime Rescue Society
2016 - Operated by VMR Hastings - Volunteer Marine Rescue Inc (Hastings, Australia)
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