McLachlan-class lifeboat

Class overview
A-504 is preserved at Chatham
Name:	McLachlan-class
Builders:	William Osborne, Littlehampton
Operators:	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Preceded by:	Hatch
Succeeded by:	Atlantic 21
Built:	1967–1973
In service:	1967–2001
Completed:	10
Retired:	10
General characteristics
Length:	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Beam:	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion:	2 x 60 hp inboard engines with sterndrives
Speed:	22 knots (25 mph)
Complement:	2/3

The McLachlan-class lifeboat was part of the A-class of lifeboats formerly operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was replaced by the B-class (Atlantic 21).^[1]

Fleet

Op. No.^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Old Op. No.^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Built	In service	Station	Comments
A-503	18-02	1967	1967–1970 1971–1972	Eastney Pill
A-504	18-004	1970	1970–1983	Weston-super-Mare	On display at the RNLI Historic Lifeboat Collection within Chatham Historic Dockyard.
A-505	18-005	1970	1970–1981 1972–1973 1974–1975 1977–2001	Eastney Oban Eastney Humber (Boarding boat)	At Saul Junction Marina undergoing restoration
A-506	18-006	1972	1972 1972–1979 1979–1980	Peel Relief fleet Plymouth
A-507	18-007	1972	1973–1976 1977–1979 1979–1980 1980–1983	Peel Plymouth Relief fleet Plymouth	On display at RNLI Henry Blogg Museum at Cromer
A-508	18-008	1971	1971–1974 1974–1979 1980–1987	Eastney Invergordon Falmouth
A-509	18-009	1972	1972–1976 1978 1978–1988	Plymouth Brighton Relief fleet
A-510	18-010	1973	1973–1974 1975–1984 1986–1987	Pill Ramsgate Humber (Boarding boat)
A-511	18-011	1973	1973–1980	Oban
A-512	18-012	1973	1975–1987	Torbay

↑ Leach, Nicholas (30 April 2014). The Lifeboat Service in South East England. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445617572.

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Operational fleet

All-weather lifeboats	Mersey Severn Shannon Tamar Trent Tyne

Inshore lifeboats	B-class: Atlantic 75 Atlantic 85 D-class: IB1 E-class: Mark I Mark II H-class (hovercraft)

Small inflatables	Arancia X-class XP-class Y-class

Historic lifeboats

Pulling and sailing lifeboats

All-weather motor lifeboats

Up to 10 knots	35ft 6in Self-righting Barnett Liverpool Norfolk and Suffolk Oakley Ramsgate Rother Solent Surf Watson

Above 10 knots	Arun Brede Clyde Thames Waveney

Inshore lifeboats

Experimental lifeboats

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