Clyde-class lifeboat

	RNLB City of Bristol (ON 1030); now Gemini Explorer
Class overview
Builders	Yarrow Shipbuilders (70-001 & 70-002); Bideford (70-003);
Operators	Royal National Lifeboat Institution; Iceland SAR;
Cost	£64,000–£65,000 (first two); £196,000 (third);
Built	1965–66, 1974
In service	1968–2002
Completed	3
Retired	3
General characteristics
Type	Motor lifeboat
Displacement	78–85 tons
Length	70–71 ft (21–22 m)
Beam	17–18 ft (5.2–5.5 m)
Draft	9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power	Twin Gardner 8L3B 230 bhp (170 kW) diesel engines
Propulsion	Twin screw
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Range	1,700 nmi (3,100 km)

The Clyde-class lifeboat was operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) from two of its stations in the United Kingdom, Kirkwall and Clovelly. Only three vessels were built for the RNLI, however a fourth vessel was built in the Netherlands to the same lines as 70-001 and 70-003 as a pilot boat for Trinity House.

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