XP-class lifeboat
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The XP-class lifeboat is a class of small inflatable rescue boat operated by the RNLI of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The XP-class lifeboat is mainly used as a small tender carried onboard RNLI all-weather lifeboats, and is based on the commercially available Avon Rover 280.[1]
It carries a crew of one or two, and is normally found carried on board the Trent-class lifeboat.[2][3] 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The XP was also in use at South Broads Lifeboat Station in Suffolk,[3] one of the few RNLI inland waterways lifeboat stations until it closed in 2011, and at Teignmouth Lifeboat Station in Devon, where it is deployed from the larger Template:Lbc lifeboat.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Other small boats operated by the RNLI include the Arancia-class beach rescue boats, the X-class and the Y-class lifeboats.[2]
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