The XP class lifeboat is a class of small inflatable boat operated by the RNLI of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The XP-Class Lifeboat, based on the commercially available Avon Rover 280 is mainly used as a small tender carried on board the RNLI All Weather lifeboats.
The XP class carries a crew of one or two, and is normally found carried on board the Trent class lifeboat. 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.
The XP (along with a D class lifeboat) is also in use at the RNLI South Broads Lifeboat station on The Broads in Suffolk, one of the few RNLI inland waterways lifeboat stations, and at Teignmouth lifeboat station in Devon, where it is deployed from the larger Atlantic 85 class lifeboat.
Other small boats operated by the RNLI include the Arancia class Beach Rescue boats, the X class lifeboat and the Y class lifeboat.
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