NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Severn class lifeboat

Severn class

First built:

1992 (prototype)

Introduced:

1996

Last built:

2003

Number built:

Builder:

Green Marine

General characteristics

Length:

17 m (55 ft 9 in)

Beam:

5.5 m (18 ft)

Draught:

1.38 m (4 ft 6 in)

Displacement

40 tonnes

Engines:

2 x Caterpillar 3412 TA diesels (2 x 1250 bhp or 930 kW @ 2150 rpm)

Gearboxes:

UBW 195 V reserve-reduction gearbox 2.03:1 ratio

Speed:

25 knots (45 km/h)

Fuel capacity:

5,500 litres (1,200 imperial gallons)

Range:

250 nautical miles (460 km)

Crew:

Capacity:

Self Righting 47
Non-Self Righting 185

The Severn class lifeboat is the largest lifeboat used by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), a UK charity dedicated to saving life at sea. The class is named after the River Severn, the longest river in Great Britain. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Swanage lifeboat being winched up its slipway The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is a charity based in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland dedicated to saving lives at sea around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. ... â€œSevernâ€ redirects here. ...

There are forty-six Severn class lifeboats serving the RNLI around the coast of the UK and Ireland since the introduction of the class in 1996. It carries a Y Class inflatable boat, which can be deployed by an on-board crane for use in shallow water. Y class lifeboats is one of the smaller boats operated by the RNLI, these also include the Arancia class Beach Rescue boats, the X class lifeboat & the XP class lifeboat. ...

Severns have a comprehensive electronics fit including full MF and VHF DSC radio equipment, DGPS Navigator, an electronic chart system, VHF/DF, radar and weather sensors. For added manoeuvrability, in addition to twin engines, the Severn also has a bow thruster fitted. The propellers are enclosed so the Severn can take ground without damaging them. Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. ... Over fifty GPS satellites such as this NAVSTAR have been launched since 1978. ... For other uses, see Radar (disambiguation). ...

The Severn is constructed of fibre reinforced composite material, and the hard chine semi-displacement hull built to a two compartment standard, meaning it can stay afloat with two of its five compartments flooded. Provision for survivors includes comprehensive first aid equipment including stretchers, oxygen and Entonox. A hull is the body or frame of a ship or boat. ... Entonox, referred to colloquially as gas and air, is an analgesic used to ease pain during labour, trauma and minor surgical procedures. ...

Severns carry a portable salvage pump in a water-tight container, and can also carry out pumping and fire fighting tasks using the engine driven general service pump.

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