Medina-class lifeboat

The Medina-class lifeboat was a prototype Rigid Inflatable Boat that was considered by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1980s. It was based on the design of the Atlantic 21-class lifeboats.^[1][2]

David Stogden MBE (MRI 42), originally RNLB ON 1091
Class overview
Builders	Souter Marine, Cowes William Osborne, Littlehampton
Operators	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
General characteristics
Length	39 ft 6 in (12.04 m)
Beam	14 ft 5 in (4.39 m)
Propulsion	various
Speed	28 knots (32 mph; 52 km/h)
Complement	4

The first two boats were funded by The Romsey Trust after an appeal from Lord Mountbatten in 1979. The third boat was funded by the RNLI.^[2]

Medina-class lifeboat MRI42 (and Barnett-class lifeboat Ramsay Dyce) at Glasson Dock

Fleet

ON[a]	Name	Built	Trialled at	Engines	Comments
1069	Mountbatten of Burma	1980	Brighton Littlehampton	212 hp Sabre engines 300 hp Perkins engines (re-engined 2010)	Sold 1989. Renamed Swanage Diver Sold 2013
1072	Countess Mountbatten of Burma	1981	Redcar Blackpool Dungeness	330 hp Caterpillar engines	Sold 1989. Renamed Cheetah
1091	(Unnamed)	1984	RNLI Depot, Poole	285 hp Caterpillar engines	Sold 1989. At various times, named Fury III and Mountbatten Venturer. Sold 2000. Renamed David Stogden MBE (MRI 42)

1. ON is the RNLI's Official Number of the boat.