Crew:
Hull:
Weather:
Commissioned at Poole:
Built:
Weight (tonnes):
:
City Of Sheffield
:
ON-1131
: 47-23
47ft (14.3m)
240 nautical miles
17 knots
Afloat in Poole (also Slipway at other
stations)
6
Steel
all weather
2001
1990
25
The Tyne class lifeboat was the first
‘fast’ slipway lifeboat.
It is the RNLI's main slipway-launched
lifeboat but at Poole it lies afloat.
Features include a low-profile wheelhouse
and a separate cabin behind the upper
steering position.
The propellers are protected by substantial
bilge keels, vital for the unforgiving
low waters and shallow channels in and
around the harbour.
The last Tyne was built in 1990 and
the class will be gradually replaced
by the new Tamar class.
