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The four 52' MLBs: Invincible, Intrepid, Triumph, and Victory (L-R) USCG Invincible II heavy weather motor lifeboat. The Coast Guard bills the 52-foot MLBs as "virtually unsinkable", with self-righting and self-bailing capabilities and the ability to tow vessels as large as 750 long tons (760 t) in 30-foot (9.1 m) seas. [5]
The 60 ft (18.3 m) Barnett was the first twin-engined, twin-screw RNLI lifeboat, and when introduced in 1923, the largest. Designed by RNLI naval architect James Rennie Barnett , the boats pioneered many features which were to become standard on future lifeboats.
The United States Coast Guard's series of motor lifeboats included a class of 36 foot motor lifeboats.The Coast Guard built the first of version these vessels in 1929 (Type "T"), and retired the last active version (Type "TRS" 1937–1956), in 1987 (CG-36535 Station Depoe Bay OR) as they were replaced by the 44 foot Steel Hull Motor Lifeboat.
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The station has nine search and rescue boats, including the 52-foot (16 m) motor lifeboat Triumph (52'-SPC-HWX), two 47-foot (14 m) motor lifeboats (47'-MLB), and two 29-foot (8.8 m) Defender class response boats (25'-RBS). The 52'-SPC-HWX and the 47'-MLB have all been designed for operations in heavy surf conditions and are capable of being ...
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In 1899 the Lake Shore Engine Company, at the behest of the Marquette Life Saving Station, fitted a two-cylinder 12 hp (8.9 kW) engine to a 34-foot (10 m) lifeboat on Lake Superior, Michigan. Its operation marked the introduction of the term motor life boat (MLB). By 1909, 44 boats had been fitted with engines whose power had increased to 40 hp ...
[1] [2] [3] The Triumph, and her sister, the Invincible, were the only vessels in their class. They were built in 1935, when the Coast Guard's other motor lifeboats were 36 foot motor lifeboat—vessels with a shorter range, that did not need facilities for sleeping or the preparation of meals. She could carry sixty rescued people.