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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= McLachlan A-504 at Chatham.jpg | Ship caption= A-504 is preserved at Chatham
}}{{Infobox ship class overview | Name= McLachlan class | Builders= William Osborne, Littlehampton | Operators= Royal National Lifeboat Institution | Hatch}} | Atlantic 21}} | Subclasses= | Cost= | Built range= 1967–1973 | In service range= 1967–2001 | In commission range= | Total ships building= | Total ships planned= | Total ships completed= 10 | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active= | Total ships laid up= | Total ships lost= | Total ships retired= 10 | Total ships preserved=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship displacement= | 20|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | 8|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draught= | Ship propulsion= 2 x 60 hp inboard engines with sterndrives | 22|kn|mph|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship capacity= | Ship complement= 2-3 | Ship notes=
}} | The McLachlan-class lifeboat was part of the A class of lifeboats formerly operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was replaced by the {{Lbc|B|Atlantic 21}}.[1] Fleet| name=op|Op. No. stands for RNLI Operational Number | name=op | Built | In service | Station | Comments | | A-503 | 18-02 | 1967 | 1967–1970
1971–1972 | Eastney}}
{{Lbs|Pill}} | | A-504 | 18-004 | 1970 | 1970–1983 | Weston-super-Mare}} | On display at the RNLI Historic Lifeboat Collection within Chatham Historic Dockyard. | | A-505 | 18-005 | 1970 | 1970–1981
1972–1973
1974–1975
1977–2001 | | {{Lbs>Oban}}
Eastney
{{Lbs|Humber}} (Boarding boat) At Saul Junction Marina undergoing restoration | | A-506 | 18-006 | 1972 | 1972
1972–1979
1979–1980 | Peel}}
Relief fleet
{{Lbs|Plymouth}} | | A-507 | 18-007 | 1972 | 1973–1976
1977–1979
1979–1980
1980–1983 | Peel
Plymouth
Relief fleet
Plymouth | On display at RNLI Henry Blogg Museum at Cromer | | A-508 | 18-008 | 1971 | 1971–1974
1974–1979
1980–1987 | | {{Lbs>Invergordon}}
{{Lbs|Falmouth}} | A-509 | 18-009 | 1972 | 1972–1976
1978
1978–1988 | | {{Lbs>Brighton}}
Relief fleet | A-510 | 18-010 | 1973 | 1973–1974
1975–1984
1986–1987 | | {{Lbs>Ramsgate}}
Humber (Boarding boat) | A-511 | 18-011 | 1973 | 1973–1980 | Oban}} | | A-512 | 18-012 | 1973 | 1975–1987 | Torbay}} |
{{notelist}}References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Leach|first1=Nicholas|title=The Lifeboat Service in South East England|date=30 April 2014|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|isbn=9781445617572}}
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