Tamar class lifeboat

Tamar class lifeboat

Tamar class lifeboats carry out life-saving duties in the UK as part of the RNLI fleet. The "Tamar" class is the replacement for the Tyne-class slipway launched lifeboat. They are named for the River Tamar, which forms the majority of the border between Devon and Cornwall.

The Tamar is the most advanced vessel in the RNLI fleet. It hosts new technology, including fly-by-wire joystick steering, suspension seats to protect crew in severe weather, and an onboard computer system called Systems and Information Management System or SIMS. SIMS allows complex tasks such as engine and navigation management to be displayed on a single flat LCD screen, six of which are positioned around the vessel, to allow crew to operate all the systems without moving from their seats.

It carries a Y Class (pre-inflated) inflatable daughter boat housed in a pen recessed into the stern of the Tamar, accessed by lowering the transom, and lifting a section of deck. This allows the tender to be launched and recovered on to a ramp provided by the lowered transom section. Alternatively, the Tamar can be equipped with a PWC (jetski) similar to that used by beach lifeguards, which is housed in the same compartment.

The boat completed its trials in July 2005, and the first entered service at Tenby in March 2006, Followed by Peterhead, Scotland receiving the third of the class, 16-03, in April 2006. Padstow received the fourth of the class in July 2006 16-04. Cromer received 16-07 on 9th December 2007.

External links

* [http://www.rnli.org.uk/FLEET.asp RNLI] - Fleet
* [http://www.devonport.co.uk/] - Outfitters and main engineering contractor
* [http://www.greenmarine.co.uk/rnli.html Green Marine] - Builders of hull and superstructure
* [http://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/articles.aspx?Index=468 The engineering behind the Tamar, "Ingenia" Magazine] , December 2007
* [http://www.tenbyrnli.co.uk/tamar/ Tenby Lifeboat Station] - their new Tamar, includes slipway launch video
* [http://www.padstow-lifeboat.org.uk/Documents/Information%20Leaflet%20-%20Tamar.pdf Tamar Leaflet] - Tamar leaflet
* [http://www.cromerlifeboats.org.uk/ Cromer Lifeboat Station] - Official Website


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