The C-class lifeboats were

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Grand Raid Mark IVs powered by twin 40 hp outboards and was formerly operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of the

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and

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. It was replaced by the D-class (EA16) and B-class (Atlantic 21).

Fleet

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