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  2. Atlantic 75-class lifeboat - Wikipedia

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    3 The Atlantic 75 is the second generation Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB), in the B-class series of Inshore lifeboats , that were operated around the shores of the British Isles and the Channel Islands , by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) between 1993 and 2021.

  3. Hydrodyne - Wikipedia

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    Hydrodyne was a boat company founded by Abner Crosby in the late 1950s. The company was then later run by his son Abner (Ab) Crosby Jr. until 1993 when he sold his interest in the company to private investors. The Hydrodyne trademark is owned by another ski boat manufacturer and may one day reappear on boats. At the current time, the use of the ...

  4. Rigid inflatable boat - Wikipedia

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    RNLI inshore rescue boat during Falmouth Lifeboat Day, August 2006. A rigid inflatable boat (RIB), also rigid-hull inflatable boat or rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB), is a lightweight but high-performance and high-capacity boat constructed with a rigid hull bottom joined to side-forming air tubes that are inflated with air to a high pressure so as to give the sides resilient rigidity along ...

  5. Avon Inflatables - Wikipedia

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    The company was founded in 1959 in the town of Bradford on Avon in the English county of Wiltshire, and moved to its current location in the 1960s.During the 1990's the hulls were built in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, initially under license by Galt Composites & later as part of Avon Inflatables.

  6. Hunter Boats - Wikipedia

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    Hunter Boats Limited is a British boat builder presently based in Southampton. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of glassfibre sailboats. [1] [2] The company was founded by in 1969 by Michael Polard, as the Essex Boat Company. In 2009 it became a brand of Lauren Marine of Southampton under the name British Hunter. [1] [2]

  7. Combat rubber raiding craft - Wikipedia

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    The boat can be used for over-the-horizon transportation, inserting lightly armed raiding parties or reconnaissance teams onto beaches, piers, offshore facilities and larger vessels. The CRRC can be inflated in minutes by foot pump, compressor or CO 2 tank and can be deployed from shore and a variety of vessels.

  8. List of active Royal Marines military watercraft - Wikipedia

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    List of active Royal Marines military watercraft is a list of landing craft and other watercraft in service with the Royal Marines.It consists of a varied fleet of landing craft, patrol vessels and special forces watercraft (I.e. mini submarines etc.) maintained by the Royal Navy and designed to transport the Royal Marines or special forces from ship to shore as well as conduct river or ...

  9. Rib (nautical) - Wikipedia

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    The skeleton of a boat consists of a number of ribs that sprout from the keel Rib marked with 14. On a vessel's hull, a rib is a lateral structural member which runs between gunwales and sprouts from the keel. [1] They are called "ribs" because they resemble the human rib. The ship's outer planking and inner sheathing are attached to the ribs.