Atlantic 75-class lifeboat
{{Short description|Fleet of rigid inflatable boats used for lifesaving and coastal operations on the British Isles}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2017}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Leigh-on-Sea Lifeboat B776.jpg |Ship caption=Atlantic 75 - Southend-on-Sea Lifeboat B-776 }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name= Atlantic 75 |Builders= Inshore Lifeboat Centre, Cowes |Operators=File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution |Class before= Atlantic 21 |Class after= Atlantic 85 |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range= |In service range= 1993-2021 ; |In commission range= |Total ships building= |Total ships planned= |Total ships completed= 97 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost= 1 |Total ships retired= 96 |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship displacement= 1.6 tonnes |Ship length={{convert|7.38|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|2.65|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= {{convert|0.41|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion= 2 × Evinrude 2-stroke outboard engines, {{convert|70|hp|kW|abbr=on}} or 2 × Yamaha {{convert|75|hp|kW|abbr=on}} engines |Ship speed= {{convert|32|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance= 2.5 hours |Ship capacity= 23 |Ship complement= 3 |Ship notes= }} |
The Atlantic 75 is the second generation Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB), in the B-class series of Inshore lifeboats, that were operated around the shores of the British Isles and the Channel Islands, by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) between 1993 and 2021. This lifeboat was a development of, and gradually replaced, the {{Lbc|Atlantic 21}} lifeboat, but have now been superseded by the new {{Lbc|Atlantic 85}} lifeboat.{{cite news |title=End of era as last Atlantic 75 stood down |url=https://fishingnews.co.uk/news/end-of-era-as-last-atlantic-75-stood-down/ |access-date=8 October 2024 |publisher=Fishing News |date=10 Dec 2021}}
Description
The Atlantic 75 has Hypalon-coated nylon inflatable sponsons. Changing from the grey of the Atlantic 21, all Atlantic 75 sponsons are orange. A conical diaphragm is placed between sections of the sponson, to transfer pressure should damage or leaking occur. The lifeboat has a moulded fibreglass rigid hull, topped with a marine quality plywood deck. The fuel tanks are located under the deck. The crew seats are mounted on a fibreglass centre console. A tubular aluminium roll-bar carries communication aerials for GPS satellite navigation and VHF radio, along with an inflatable airbag for self-righting. The twin Evinrude 70-hp engines were modified at the RNLI's Inshore Lifeboat Centre at Cowes, to prevent water ingress in case of capsize, and allow restart. A tubular mast is provided to mount navigation lights, and an emergency blue-light.{{cite journal |title=The Atlantic 75 |journal=The Lifeboat |date=Winter 1997 |volume=56 |issue=542 |pages=24–25 |url=https://lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/volume/56/542/the-atlantic-75 |access-date=8 October 2024}}
One of the main improvements made to the Atlantic 75 is the addition of a {{cvt|200|l|impgal}} ballast tank at the front of the boat which enables the boat to launch into larger surf than the Atlantic 21. This ballast tank is filled using a water scoop located between the engines, and keeps the bow of the lifeboat weighed down, allowing higher speeds. {{cite web |title=Dart D'Tales |url=https://www.dartlifeboat.org.uk/cmsb/uploads/rnli-btd-aug19.pdf |publisher=Dartmouth RNLI |access-date=8 October 2024}}
All of the following fleet details are referenced to the Lifeboat Enthusiast Society Handbook, published annually, with information retrieved directly from RNLI records.{{cite book |last1=Leonard |first1=Richie |last2=Denton |first2=Tony |title=Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024|date=2024 |publisher=Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society |pages=67–69}}
Atlantic 75 Fleet
| class="wikitable"
! Op. No.{{efn|Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat.}} ! Name ! Principal Station ! Comments |
| {{nowrap|B-700}}
| Susan Peacock | {{nowrap|1992–1996}} | Trials | Prototype Atlantic 75 |
| B-701
| Gordon England | 1994–2001 | Relief fleet | |
| B-702
| Manchester Unity of Oddfellows | 1994–2007 | {{Lbs|Sheringham}} | First Atlantic 75 to be officially placed on service |
| B-703
| Jason Logg | 1994–2007 | {{Lbs|Flamborough}} | Sold 2013 |
| B-704
| Enid Mary | 1994–2007 | {{Lbs|Aberystwyth}} | Sold to the Finnish Lifeboat Institute in 2011. Served in Tampere from 2012 to 2022 and moved to Iisalmi in 2023. |
| B-705
| Vera Skilton | 1994–1997 | Relief fleet | Sold 2010 |
| B-706
| Blue Peter V | 1994–2009 | {{Lbs|Portaferry}} | Sold 2011 |
| B-707
| Mercurious | 1994–2007 | {{Lbs|Criccieth}} | To National Maritime Museum, Falmouth 2015 |
| B-708
| Bessie | 1994–2007 | {{Lbs|Minehead}} | Sold 2013. Former Hornsea Inshore Rescue lifeboat until 2019 |
| B-709
| Lucy Beryl | 1995–2001 | Relief fleet | Sold to Kaskinen Finland 2011 |
| B-710
| Friendly Forrester II | 1995–2008 | {{Lbs|Poole}} | Sold 2013. |
| B-711
| Helene | 1995–2009 | {{Lbs|Bundoran}} | Sold in Holland 2012. |
| B-712
| Betty Battle | 1995–2009 | {{Lbs|Hayling Island}} | Sold to ICE-SAR 2010, now at Eyrarbakki, Iceland. |
| B-713
| OEM Stone I | 1995–2008 | Relief fleet | Now with Dorset Police (P003) |
| B-714
| Spirit of Cumbria | 1995–2008 | {{Lbs|Silloth}} | Sold to KNRM 2010 |
| B-715
| Phyllis | 1995–2007 | {{Lbs|Newquay}} | Sold to KNRM 2012 |
| B-716
| {{small|Unnamed}} | 1995–1999 | Relief fleet | Capsize Training boat at RNLI Lifeboat College |
| B-717
| Daisy Aitken | 1995–2007 | {{Lbs|Lough Swilly}} | Now at Skagastrond with ICE-SAR |
| B-718
| Rotaract I | 1995–1996 | Relief fleet | Now with ICE-SAR |
| B-719
| Percy Henry Patmore MBE MM | 1995–2009 | {{Lbs|St Bees}} | Now with ICE-SAR |
| B-720
| Frederick Robertson | 1995–2009 | {{Lbs|Kinghorn}} | |
| B-721
| Rock Light | 1996–2009 | {{Lbs|New Brighton}} | Now at Keflavik with ICE-SAR |
| B-722
| Beatrice Dorothy | 1996–1998 | Relief fleet | Dorset Police (P-006) at 2012 Olympics in Weymouth. Now with Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK - Marine Conservation Charity |
| B-723
| Walters Lifeboat | 1996–2009 | Relief fleet | |
| B-724
| Rotarian Dennis Cullen | 1996–2008 | Relief fleet | |
| B-725
| Spirit of Penarth | 1996–2010 | {{Lbs|Penarth}} | |
| B-726
| Giles | 1996–2009 | {{Lbs|Porthcawl}} | Now with Dorset Police (P-004) |
| B-727
| Commander & Mrs Rodney Wells | 1996–2010 | {{Lbs|Rye Harbour}} | |
| B-728
| Dorothy Mary | 1996–2010 | {{Lbs|Red Bay}} | |
| B-729
| Rose West | 1996–2010 | {{Lbs|Kilrush}} | |
| B-730
| CSMA-Frizell | 1996–2010 | {{Lbs|Portsmouth}} | |
| B-731
| Dorothy Selina | 1997–2010 | {{Lbs|Trearddur Bay}} | Bought by Nisos Yacht Charter as support vessel in the Ionian Islands, Greece |
| B-732
| Elizabeth Ann | 1997–2007 | Relief fleet | |
| B-733
| Brandy Hole | 1997–2011 | {{Lbs|Burnham-on-Crouch}} | |
| B-734
| Amy Constance | 1997–2002 | Relief fleet | |
| B-735
| Donald and Ethel Macrae | 1997–2012 | {{Lbs|Queensferry}} | Private pleasure boat Isles of Scilly |
| B-736
| Toshiba Wave Warrior | 1997–2002 | Relief fleet | |
| B-737
| Thelma Glossop | 1997–2011 | {{Lbs|Brighton}} | |
| B-738
| Dochas | 1997–2010 | {{Lbs|Galway}} | Withdrawn from service as uneconomic repair. Sold as repairable to Private owner in Netherlands. |
| B-739
| Peggy Keith Learmond | 1997–2011 | {{Lbs|Largs}} | Now with ICE-SAR in Húsavík |
| B-740
| Alexander Cattanach | 1997–2011 | {{Lbs|Kyle of Lochalsh}} | |
| B-741
| Pearl of Dorset | 1997–2012 | {{Lbs|Lyme Regis}} | |
| B-742
| Douglas Paley | 1997–2012 | {{Lbs|Appledore}} | |
| B-743
| Alex & Maime Preston | 1998–2012 | {{Lbs|Tighnabruaich}} | Now on service with Red Cross in Biscay, Basque Country |
| B-744
| Robert George Alexander | 1998–2012 | {{Lbs|Clacton-on-Sea}} | Now on service with Red Cross in Biscay, Basque Country |
| B-745
| CSMA 75th Anniversary | 1998–2012 | {{Lbs|Newbiggin}} | |
| B-746
| Phyl Clare 3 | 1998–2015 | {{Lbs|Weymouth}} | |
| B-747
| Rockabill | 1998–2012 | {{Lbs|Skerries}} | Now on service in Lesbos, Greece with HRT{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/HRTLesvos/|title={{!}} Facebook page of the rescue team in Lesbos|website=Facebook page|access-date=2017-02-27}} |
| B-748
| Bickerstaffe | 1998–2013 | {{Lbs|Blackpool}} | |
| B-749
| D J S Haverhill | 1998–2011 | {{Lbs|Hunstanton}} | Now with ICE-SAR Reykjavik |
| B-750
| Leslie Tranmer | 1998–2013 | {{Lbs|Southwold}} | |
| B-751
| Benjamin Dowing Fairbridge | 1999–2013 | {{Lbs|Clifden}} | |
| B-752
| Tanni Grey | 1999–2013 | {{Lbs|Cardigan}} | |
| B-753
| {{nowrap|City of Bradford V}} | 1999–2001 | Relief fleet | Now on service in Lesbos, Greece with HRT{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/HRTLesvos/|title={{!}} Facebook page of the rescue team in Lesbos|website=Facebook page|access-date=2017-02-27}} |
| B-754
| 1999–2000 | Relief fleet | |
| B-755
| London's Anniversary 175 | 1999–2003 | Relief fleet | |
| B-756
| Eve Pank | 1999–2005 | Relief fleet | Now in service in Naantali with Finnish Lifeboat Institution, SMPS, as Pv Reka, callsign VLS4984 |
| B-757
| Miss Miriam and Miss Nellie Garbutt | 1999–2010 | Relief fleet | |
| B-758
| Sandwell Lifeline | 1999–2016 | {{Lbs|Aberdovey}} | |
| B-759
| Spirit of Clovelly | 1999–2014 | {{Lbs|Clovelly}} | |
| B-760
| Alice and Charles | 1999–2013 | {{Lbs|Helvick Head}} | |
| B-761
| Dignity | 2000–2014 | {{Lbs|West Mersea}} | |
| B-762
| Jack & Joyce Burcombe | 2000–2004 | Relief fleet | 2021, renamed Sea Weaver with Hemsby Lifeboat |
| B-763
| Colin James Daniel | 2000–2013 | {{Lbs|Atlantic College}} | |
| B-764
| Oxford Town & Gown | 2000–2014 | {{Lbs|Whitstable}} | |
| B-765
| Bob Turnbull | 2000–2014 | {{Lbs|Ramsgate}} | |
| B-766
| BBC Radio Cleveland | 2000–2015 | {{Lbs|Hartlepool}} |Now with Haverigg Inshore Rescue Team{{Cite web|url=http://haverigginshore.org.uk|title=Welcome {{!}} Haverigg Inshore Rescue Team|website=haverigginshore.org.uk|access-date=2017-02-27}} |
| B-767
| Maritime Nation | 2000–2002 | Relief fleet | Now at Suðureyri,Iceland with ICE-SAR{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Goltur/|title={{!}} Facebook page of the rescue team in Suðureyri|website=Facebook page|access-date=2018-01-03}} |
| B-768
| Blue Peter II | 2000–2010 | {{Lbs|Beaumaris}} | |
| B-769
| Coventry & Warwickshire | 2001–2005 | {{Lbs|Weston-super-Mare}} | In use with Falkland Islands Fire and Rescue Service, February 2022 |
| B-770
| The Boys Brigade | 2001–2014 | Arran (Lamlash) | |
| B-771
| The Moray Dolphin | 2002–2014 | {{Lbs|Kessock}} | |
| B-772
| The Eric Rowse | 2001–2010 | {{Lbs|St Catherine}} | Now with Toila SAR{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/toilavabatahtlikmerepaaste/|title={{!}} Facebook page of the Toila Voluntary Marine Rescue|website=Facebook page|access-date=2020-09-25}} |
| B-773
| Duckhams 2001 | 2001–2015 | Relief fleet |At Hornsea Inshore Rescue since 2019 |
| B-774
| Braemar | 2001–2014 | Relief fleet | |
| B-775
| Millennium Forrester | 2001–2004 | Relief fleet | |
| B-776
| Vic and Billie Whiffen | 2001–2015 | {{Lbs|Southend-on-Sea}} | |
| B-777
| Leicester Challenge II | 2001–2012 | {{Lbs|Redcar}} | |
| B-778
| Joan Mary | 2002–2015 | {{Lbs|Mablethorpe}} | Bought by the Finnish Lifeboat Institution in 2021. Now serving as a training and backup boat in Bågaskär training center. |
| B-779
| Blue Peter I | 2002–2016 | {{Lbs|Littlehampton}} | |
| B-780
| Patricia Jennings | 2002–2016 | {{Lbs|Youghal}} | Transferred to Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service |
| B-781
| Elsinore | 2002–2015 | {{Lbs|Sligo Bay}} | |
| B-782
| Miss Betty | 2002–2016 | {{Lbs|Crosshaven}} | |
| B-783
| Dorothy and Katherine Barr II | 2002–2015 | {{Lbs|St Abbs}} | 2016, Transferred to Humber Lifeboat Station for use as a boarding boat |
| B-784
| Victor "Danny" Lovelock | 2002–2015 | {{Lbs|Lymington}} | Freshwater Independent Lifeboat now using it in service. |
| B-785
| Fred Clarke | 2002–2021 | {{Lbs|Littlestone-on-Sea}} | Last Atlantic 75 on RNLI Service{{cite web |title=End of era as last Atlantic-75 stooddown |url=https://fishingnews.co.uk/news/end-of-era-as-last-atlantic-75-stood-down/ |publisher=Fishing News |access-date=10 December 2021}} |
| B-786
| Seahorse IV | 2002–2017 | {{Lbs|Great Yarmouth and Gorleston}} | (written off) |
| B-787
| Paul Alexander | 2002–2016 | {{Lbs|Penlee}} | |
| B-788
| Pride of Leicester | 2002–2016 | {{Lbs|Staithes and Runswick}} | |
| B-789
| Sure and Steadfast | 2003–2018 | {{Lbs|Harwich}} | |
| B-790
| Margaret Bench of Solihull | 2002–2015 | {{Lbs|Abersoch}} | Bought by the Finnish Lifeboat Institution in 2021 |
| B-791
| Gladys Winifred Tiffney | 2002–2017 | {{Lbs|Helensburgh}} | Transferred to Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service |
| B-792
| Joseph and Mary Hiley | 2002–2008 | Relief fleet | |
| B-793
| Alan and Margaret | 2003–2016 | {{Lbs|Looe}} | |
| B-794
| Joan Bate | 2003–2018 | {{Lbs|Salcombe}} | |
| B-795
| Staines Whitfield | 2004–2018 | {{Lbs|Burnham-on-Sea}} | |
| B-796
| Miss Sally Anne (Baggy) | 2003–2018 | {{Lbs|Kinsale}} | |
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References
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External links
{{Commons category|Atlantic 75 class lifeboats}}
- [http://rnli.org/aboutus/lifeboatsandstations/lifeboats/Pages/B-class-%28Atlantic%29.aspx RNLI Fleet: B-class (Atlantic)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091112211801/http://www.burnham-rnli.org.uk/the-boats/ Atlantic 75 class lifeboat at Burnham-on-Crouch RNLI Lifeboat Station]
{{RNLI lifeboat classes}}