IEVGEN_K> TYNE class rescue boat
Name: Tyne-class lifeboat
Operators: RNLI FLAG.png Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Preceded by: Rother, Oakley, Solent
Succeeded by: Trent, Tamar, Shannon
Cost: £1.2 Million
Built: 1982–1990
In service: 1982–
Completed: 40
Active: 25
Laid up: 2
Retired: 8
General characteristics
Displacement: 26 long tons (26 t)
Length: 47 ft (14 m)
Beam: 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
Draught: 4 ft 2 in (1.27 m)
Propulsion: 2 × DDEC V6 diesels
2 × GM V6 diesels or 2 × V8 diesels
Speed: 17.6 knots (20.3 mph; 32.6 km/h)
Range: 240 nmi (440 km)
Capacity: Self Righting 20
Non-Self Righting 100
Complement: 6 + doctor