FRC903 Fast Rescue Craft

A Fast Res­cue Craft (FRC), is a rela­ti­ve­ly small res­cue ves­sel gener­al­ly desig­ned for search and res­cue (SAR) duties. They are usu­al­ly ope­ra­ted by a nati­ons coast guard, off­sho­re indu­stry, or life­boat institution,and are inten­ded for inland and off­sho­re environments.
The FRC 903 / Fast Res­cue Craft 903 is desig­ned and equip­ped to per­form the fol­lo­wing services:
– fast res­cue boat,
– man over­board boat (mob),
– safe trans­fer of per­son­nel and equipment.
Design by Pie­ter Meu­ze­laar, Hab­be­ke Shipyard

Spe­ci­fi­ca­ti­ons:
Length over­all: 9.15 metres
Maxi­mum Beam: 3.30 metres
Beam (hull): 2.60 metres
Draft: 0.70 metres
Weight: 4.2 ton
Fuel capa­ci­ty: 360 litres
Per­for­man­ce: 34 knots
Acti­on radi­us (full power): 3.5 hours
Crew: 4 + 20 rescued
Mate­ri­al: Alu­mi­ni­um H111

Twin instal­la­ti­on:
Engi­nes: 2x Vol­vo-Pen­ta D4-270  (270 PK)
Reduc­ti­on: 2x ZF220 (red. 1.1:1)
Water­jets: 2x Hamil­ton HJ241