The XP-class lifeboat is a class of small

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operated by the

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of the

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and

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. The XP-class lifeboat is mainly used as a small tender carried onboard RNLI all-weather lifeboats, and is based on the commercially available

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Rover 280. It carries a crew of one or two, and is normally found carried on board the

Trent-class lifeboat The Trent-class lifeboat is an all-weather lifeboat operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) from 30 stations around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland to provide coverage up to out to sea. Introduced to service in 1994, ...

. 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 was also in use at

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, one of the few RNLI inland waterways lifeboat stations until it closed in 2011, and at

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, where it is deployed from the larger lifeboat. Other small boats operated by the RNLI include the Arancia-class beach rescue boats, the X-class and the Y-class lifeboats.

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