D-class_lifeboat_(RFD_PB16)

	Preserved D-112 Blue Peter III
Class overview
Name	D-class (RFD PB16)
Builders	RFD
Operators	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	D-class (Zodiac III)
Built	1963–1984
In service	1963–2007
Completed	228
Retired	228
General characteristics
Class and type	RFD PB16
Length	16 ft (4.9 m)
Complement	2 or 3

D-class lifeboat (RFD PB16)

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The D-class (RFD PB16) lifeboat was the first of a class of inflatable boat operated between 1963 and 2007 by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was replaced operationally by the D-class (Zodiac III).

Quick Facts Class overview, General characteristics ...

They were manufactured by R.F.D. Co.Ltd of Gadalming, Surrey, a company founded by engineer Reginald Foster Dagnall.^[1] Over time, RFD became a synonym for "Rapid Flotation Devices".

RNLI Fleet

D-1 – D-100

More information Op. No., Name ...

Op. No.^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Name	In service ^[4]	Station
D-1	Unnamed	1963 1965 1965–????	Aberystwyth Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Relief fleet
D-2	Unnamed	1964 1965	Aberdovey Whitstable
D-3	Unnamed	1966	Relief fleet
D-4	Unnamed	1963	Mudeford
D-5	Unnamed	1963 1964 1965	Redcar St Ives West Mersea
D-6	Unnamed	1963 1963 1966	Redcar Southwold North Sunderland
D-7	Unnamed	1963 1964 1967	West Mersea Mudeford Southend-on-Sea
D-8	Unnamed	1964 1965 1966	Bembridge Wells-next-the-Sea St Ives
D-9	Unnamed	1963–1964 1965 1966 1966–1973	Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Blackpool St Ives Publicity (D-1-P)
D-10	Unnamed	1964 1965	Worthing Aberdovey
D-11	Unnamed	1963 1965 1966 1967	Wells-next-the-Sea Mudeford Relief fleet Hastings
D-12	Unnamed	1963–1964 1965 1965 1967 1968–1970 1983–1987	Aberdovey Tynemouth Redcar Redcar Abersoch Publicity (D-2-P)
D-13	No. Not Allocated
D-14	Unnamed	1964 1965 1965 1967 1968 1969	Walmer Southwold West Mersea West Kirby Harwich Brighton
D-15	Unnamed	1964 1965 1965–1983 1983–1988	Barrow Skegness Relief fleet Publicity (D-3-P)
D-16	Unnamed	1964 1965 1965–1966 1967–1968 1968–1969 1969–1972	Pwllheli Relief fleet St Ives Bournemouth Arbroath Relief fleet
D-17	Unnamed	1964–1967 1967–1970	Broughty Ferry Relief fleet
D-18	Unnamed	1965–1966 1983–????	Bembridge Publicity (D-4-P)
D-19	Unnamed	1964 1965–1967 1967–1970 1970	Aberystwyth Aberdovey Relief fleet Aberdovey
D-20	Unnamed	1964 1965 1965–1966 1967 1968–1970 1971–1972	Yarmouth West Mersea Pwllheli Scarborough Mudeford Relief fleet
D-21	Unnamed	1964 1965 1965 1965–1966 1966 1967 1967–1972	Hastings Southend-on-Sea Torbay Broughty Ferry Walmer Mudeford Relief fleet
D-22	Unnamed	1964 1965 1967 1967 1967–1969 1983–1988	Largs Yarmouth Yarmouth Stonehaven Relief fleet Publicity (D-5-P)
D-23	Unnamed	1964 1970–1973	Torbay Relief fleet
D-24	Unnamed	1965 1966 1966–1969 1969–1971 1971–1974 1974–1981	Whitstable Walmer Relief fleet Bembridge Relief fleet ILC
D-25	Unnamed	1964 1965 1966 1967 1968–1969 1969–1972	Southwold Hastings Torbay Pwllheli Wells-next-the-Sea Relief fleet
D-26	Unnamed	1965 1966 1966–1967 1967–1968 1970–1971 1972–1981 1981–1985	Walmer Skegness St Ives Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Cromer Relief fleet Publicity (D-12-P)
D-27	Unnamed	1965–1967	Hastings
D-28	Unnamed	1964 1965 1965 1969–1970 1970 1972	Barrow Whitstable Worthing Aberystwyth Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea
D-29	Unnamed	1965 1966	Wells-next-the-Sea Atlantic College
D-30	Unnamed	1964 1965–1967 1967 1968 1969	Eastbourne Aberystwyth Porthcawl St Agnes Bournemouth
D-31	Unnamed	1964–1965	Redcar
D-32	Unnamed	1964 1965–1966 1966–1967	Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Eastbourne West Mersea
D-33	Unnamed	1965–1966 1968	Atlantic College Torbay
D-34	Unnamed
D-35	Unnamed	1966	Southend-on-Sea
D-36	Unnamed	1964 1965 1965–1970 1970–1973	Largs Worthing Southwold Relief fleet
D-37	Unnamed	1964 1966 1966 1966 1967 1968 1968–1972	North Sunderland Yarmouth Flint Redcar North Sunderland Littlestone-on-Sea Relief fleet
D-38	Unnamed	1965–1966 1966–1973	Atlantic College Relief fleet
D-39	Unnamed	1965–1967 1966 1968–1972	Brighton St Agnes Relief fleet
D-40	Unnamed	1965–1968 1968–1969 1969–1970	Bangor Scarborough Relief fleet
D-41	Unnamed	1965–1969 1970–1973	Lymington Relief fleet
D-42	Unnamed	1965–1967 1967–1973 1973–1974 1974–1977	Mudeford Relief fleet New Brighton Relief fleet
D-43	Unnamed	1965–1972 1972–1974 1974–????	Barrow Relief fleet Publicity (D-12-P)
D-44	Unnamed	1965–1972	The Mumbles
D-45	Unnamed	1965–1968 1969–1970 1970–1972 1973	Whitstable Whitstable Relief fleet Queensferry
D-46	Unnamed	1965–1967 1967–1969 1970	Largs Poole Aberdovey
D-47	Unnamed	1965–1967 1967–1968 1969–1970	Bournemouth Relief fleet Weston-super-Mare
D-48	Unnamed	1965–1970 1970–1971	Eastney Relief fleet
D-49	Unnamed	1965–1966 1966–1967 1968–1969 1970–1972 1972–1979	Tynemouth Torbay Whitstable Filey Relief fleet
D-50	Unnamed	1965 1966–1968 1969 1970 1970–1973 1973–1974	Cullercoats Tynemouth Relief fleet Littlestone-on-Sea Relief fleet Sheerness
D-51	Unnamed	1965 1966–1967 1968 1969–1970 1970–1984	Blyth Amble Relief fleet Amble Publicity (D-6-P)
D-52	Unnamed	1966–1970 1970–1973	Porthcawl Relief fleet
D-53	Unnamed	1965 1966–1973 1973 1973–????	North Sunderland Blyth Relief fleet Publicity (D-11-P)
D-54	Unnamed	1965–1966 1966–1969 1969 1970–1972 1972–1977	Llandudno Relief fleet Moelfre Amble Relief fleet
D-55	Unnamed	1965–1967 1967–1969 1969–1971	Newquay Torbay Relief fleet
D-56	Unnamed	1964 1965–1972 1972–1977	Humber Humber Mouth Relief fleet
D-57	Unnamed	1965–1970 1970–1971	Blackpool Relief fleet
D-58	Unnamed	1965–1972 1972–1974 1974 1974–1977	Skegness Relief fleet Withernsea Relief fleet
D-70	Unnamed	1965–1968 1968–1970	Abersoch Relief fleet
D-71	Unnamed	1965–1970 1970–1972 1972 1972–1973	Harwich Relief fleet Coverack Relief fleet
D-72	Unnamed	1965–1972 1972–1975 1975–????	Happisburgh Relief fleet Publicity (D-11-P)
D-73	Unnamed	1965–1967 1967–1969 1969–1973 1973–1982 1982–1987	Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Relief fleet Burnham-on-Crouch Relief fleet Publicity (D-8-P)
D-74	Unnamed	1965–1967 1968–1972 1972–1978	Tramore Weston-super-Mare Relief fleet
D-75	Unnamed	1965–1967 1968–1969 1970–1977	Relief fleet Eastbourne Relief fleet
D-76	Unnamed	1966 1966–1969 1969–1970 1970–1971	On Board 70-001 Relief fleet Mudeford Relief fleet
D-81	Unnamed	1966–1972 1972–1973 1973–1974 1974–1975 1975 1975–1983 1983–1985	Port St Mary Relief fleet Poole Relief fleet Lytham St Annes Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-82	Unnamed	1966–1968 1968–1971	Wells-next-the-Sea Relief fleet
D-83	Unnamed	1966–1968 1968–1971	Weston-super-Mare Relief fleet
D-84	Unnamed	1966–1970 1970–1977	Whitby Relief fleet
D-85	Unnamed	1966–1967 1967–1975 1975–1978	Scarborough Relief fleet Publicity (D-7-P)
D-86	Unnamed	1966–1968 1969–1971	Filey Relief fleet
D-87	Unnamed	1966–1968 1968–1971 1971 1971–1978	Cullercoats Relief fleet Kippford Relief fleet
D-88	Unnamed	1966–1971 1971–1977	Port Talbot Relief fleet
D-89	Unnamed	1966–1972 1972–1973	Exmouth Relief fleet
D-90	Unnamed	1966–1969 1969–1976	Littlestone-on-Sea Relief fleet
D-91	Unnamed	1966–1970 1970–1971 1971–1975 1975 1975–1976	Fleetwood Southend-on-Sea Relief fleet On Board 70-001 Relief fleet
D-92	Unnamed	1966–1970 1970–1977 1977 1975 1978–1991	Bridlington Relief fleet On Board 70-002 GLC Flood Relief fleet Publicity (D-21-P)
D-93	Unnamed	1966–1972 1973–1975 1975–1977 1977–1987	Morecambe Burnham-on-Crouch Relief fleet Publicity (D-13-P)
D-94	Unnamed	1966–1976	Sunderland
D-95	Unnamed	1966–1968 1969 1970–1973	Burnham-on-Crouch Mablethorpe Relief fleet
D-96	Unnamed	1966–1975 1975–1979	Bude Relief fleet
D-97	Unnamed	1966–1971 1971–1975	Conwy Relief fleet
D-98	Unnamed	1966–1969 1969–1971	Kippford Relief fleet
D-99	Unnamed	1966–1975	Margate
D-100	Unnamed	1966 1968 1969–1974 1974–1980	West Kirby Boulmer Cullercoats Relief fleet

D-101 – D-199

More information Op. No., Name ...

Op. No.	Name	In service ^[4]	Station	Comments
D-101	Unnamed	1967–1969 1970–1971 1971–1975 1976–1981 1981–1987	Cromer Relief fleet Bembridge Relief fleet Publicity (D-19-P)
D-102	Unnamed	1966–1968 1970	Moelfre Torbay
D-103	Unnamed	1966–1975	Borth
D-104	Unnamed	1966–1976 1976–1980 1980–1983 1984	Flint Relief fleet GLC Flood Relief fleet Publicity (D-22-P)
D-105	Unnamed	1966–1975 1976–1983 1983–1986	Rye Harbour Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-106	Unnamed	1966–1974	Crimdon Dene
D-107	Unnamed	1966–1978 1978–1980	Clacton-on-Sea Relief fleet
D-108	Unnamed	1967–1973 1973–1975 1975 1975–1977 1977–1979	West Mersea Relief fleet Withernsea Relief fleet Howth
D-109	Unnamed	1967–1976 1976–1978	Llandudno Relief fleet
D-110	Unnamed	1967–1968 1969 1970 1970–1974 1974–1975 1975–1980 1980–1983 1984–1986	Newquay On Board 70-002 Aberdovey Relief fleet St Abbs Relief fleet GLC Flood Relief fleet Publicity
D-111	Unnamed	1967–1976 1977 1978–1980	Berwick-upon-Tweed Aldeburgh Relief fleet
D-112	Blue Peter III	1967–1972 1973–1984 1984–	North Berwick Relief fleet On Display	On display at Chatham Historic Dockyard since 1996
D-113	Unnamed	1967–1968 1968–1969 1970–1976 1976–1980	Eastbourne Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Wells-next-the-Sea Relief fleet
D-114	Unnamed	1967–1976 1977 1978 1979–1983 1983–1987	Mablethorpe Whitby Bridlington Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-115	Blue Peter I	1967–1972 1972–1975	Littlehampton Relief fleet	Now part of The Science Museum collection
D-116	Unnamed	1967–1976 1976–1979 1979–1982 1982–1983 1983–1987	Holyhead Relief fleet Blackpool Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-117	Unnamed	1967–1971 1972–1981 1981–1982	Criccieth Blackpool Relief fleet
D-120	Unnamed	1967–1976 1977–1980 1980–1981 1981–1988	Lytham St Annes Relief fleet Penarth Publicity (D-17-P)
D-121	Unnamed	1967–1975 1975–1980	Stonehaven Relief fleet
D-122	Unnamed	1967–1975	New Quay
D-123	Unnamed	1967–1976 1976–1980	Kinghorn Relief fleet
D-124	Unnamed	1967–1975 1976–1982 1982–1988	Little and Broad Haven Relief fleet Publicity (D-18-P)
D-125	Unnamed	1967–1969 1969–1975	Lyme Regis Relief fleet
D-126	Unnamed	1967–1977 1978–1980 1980–1981 1981–1985	Trearddur Bay Relief fleet Hunstanton Relief fleet
D-127	Blue Peter II	1967–1976	Beaumaris
D-128	Unnamed	1967–1970 1970–1976	Southend-on-Sea Publicity (D-8-P)
D-129	Unnamed	1967–1977 1978–1983 1983–1987	Howth Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-130	Unnamed	1967–1968 1969–1975	Plymouth Craster
D-131	Unnamed	1968–1970 1970–1977 1977–1980 1980–1983 1984	Relief fleet On Board 70-001 Relief fleet GLC Flood Relief fleet Publicity (D-28-P)
D-132	Unnamed	1968–1971 1971–1974 1974 1974–1987	Helensburgh Relief fleet Stranraer Relief fleet
D-133	Unnamed	1967–1968 1968 1969–1974 1975	Yarmouth Relief fleet Moelfre Relief fleet
D-134	Unnamed	1968–1979 1979–1983 1984–1986	Tighnabruaich Relief fleet Publicity (D-26-P)
D-135	Unnamed	1967–1970 1970–1972 1972–1977 1977–1978	Walmer Relief fleet Kippford Relief fleet
D-136	Unnamed	1967–1978 1978–1982	Redcar GLC Flood Relief fleet
D-137	Unnamed	1967–1978 1978 1978–1983 1983–1986	Barmouth Relief fleet GLC Flood Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-138	Unnamed	1967 1968–1970 1970–1980 1980–1981	Aberdovey Relief fleet Selsey Relief fleet
D-139	Unnamed	1967–1977 1978–1983 1983–1988	Port Isaac GLC Flood Relief fleet Publicity (D-25-P)
D-140	Unnamed	1967–1968 1969 1969–1971 1971–1974 1974–1980 1980–1984 1984–1987 1987–1989	Aberystwyth Aberdovey Relief fleet Aberdovey Criccieth Relief fleet ILC Training
D-141	Unnamed	1967–1975 1975–????	Rhyl Publicity (D-14-P)
D-142	Unnamed	1966–1977 1978 1978–1983 1983–????	St Ives Relief fleet GLC Flood Relief fleet Publicity (D-25-P)
D-143	Unnamed	1967–1975 1975–1978 1978–1988	Hastings Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-144	Unnamed	1967–1968 1969–1970 1970–1975 1975–1977 1977–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984	Bembridge Tynemouth Silloth Relief fleet Moelfre Relief fleet Amble
D-145	Unnamed	1967–1971 1972–1976 1977–1980 1980	Queensferry Sheerness Relief fleet On Board 70-001
D-146	Unnamed	1967–1969 1970–1975	Silloth Southend-on-Sea
D-147	Unnamed	1967–1970 1970–1973	Shoreham Harbour Relief fleet
D-148	Blue Peter IV	1968–1972 1972–1980	St Agnes Relief fleet	1980–1987, On Display, Bristol Lifeboat Museum
D-149	Unnamed	1967–1970 1970–1971 1971–1974	Relief fleet On Board 70-001 Relief fleet
D-150	Unnamed	1967–1968 1969–1971 1971–1972 1972–1975 1975–1976 1976–1988	Broughty Ferry Relief fleet Channel Light Vessel No.6 Relief fleet Southend-on-Sea Publicity (D-16-P)
D-151	Unnamed	1967–1973	Southend-on-Sea
D-152	Unnamed	1968–1972 1973 1974 1975–1983	Bournemouth Hartlepool Bude Boarding Boat
D-153	Unnamed	1968–1978 1978–1983	Pwllheli Relief fleet
D-154	Unnamed	1967–1971	Relief fleet
D-155	Unnamed	1967–1975	West Kirby
D-156	Unnamed	1967–1968 1968–1969 1969–1970 1970–1971 1971 1971–1982	Mudeford Aberystwyth Lyme Regis Relief fleet Blackpool Relief fleet
D-157	Unnamed	1968–1980 1980–1984 1985–1990	North Sunderland Relief fleet Publicity (D-10-P)
D-158	Unnamed	1968 1969–1975	Brighton Southend-on-Sea
D-159	Unnamed	1968 1969 1970–1978 1978–1984	Eastbourne St Ives Eastbourne Relief fleet
D-160	Unnamed	1967–1971	Relief fleet
D-161	Unnamed	1968–1969 1969–1975 1975–1984	Aberdovey Yarmouth Publicity (D-15-P)
D-162	Unnamed	1968–1969 1970–1978 1979–1983 1983–1993	Bangor Shoreham Harbour Relief fleet Publicity (D-27-P)
D-163	Unnamed	1968–1978	Tramore
D-164	Unnamed	1968–1970 1970–1972 1972–????	Selsey Relief fleet Publicity (D-9-P)
D-165	Unnamed	1968–1980 1980–1984 1984–1991	Horton and Port Eynon Relief fleet Training (D-165T)
D-166	Unnamed	1967–1972 1972–1978 1979–1985 1985	Hartlepool Coverack Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-167	Unnamed	1969–1979 1980–1981 1981–1982 1982–1990	St Catherine Relief fleet Blackpool Publicity (D-20-P)
D-168	Unnamed	1968–1981 1981–1985 1985–1987	Aberdeen Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-169	Unnamed	1968–1983 1983–1985 1985–1989	Dunbar Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-170	Unnamed	1969–1972 1973–1981 1981–1984 1984 1985–1988	Arbroath Weston-super-Mare Relief fleet St Agnes Training (D-170T)
D-171	Unnamed	1969–1979	Newquay
D-172	Unnamed	1968–1969 1969 1970–1981 1981–1983 1983–????	Yarmouth Newquay Tynemouth Relief fleet Training (D-170T)
D-173	Unnamed	1968–1973 1984–1986 1986–1988	Broughty Ferry Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-174	Unnamed	1970–1983 1983–1987 1987–1991	Porthcawl Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-175	Alan Thurlow Ashford	1970–1983 1983–1986 1986–1988	Bangor Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-176	Unnamed	1971–1972 1972–1981 1982 1982–1986 1986–1991	Queensferry Relief fleet Skerries Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-177	Unnamed	1970–1983 1983–1987	Minehead Relief fleet
D-178	Unnamed	1970–1974 1974–1978 1978–1979 1979–1982 1982–1983 1983–1987 1987–1991	Brighton Relief fleet Aldeburgh Relief fleet Blackpool Relief fleet Publicity (D-3-P)
D-179	Unnamed, Blue Peter IV (1981–)	1970–1977 1978–1979 1979–1981 1981–1984	Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Tramore Relief fleet St Agnes
D-180	Unnamed	1970–1985 1985–1986 1986 1986–1988	St Bees Relief fleet Poole Boarding Boat
D-181	Unnamed	1970–1973 1973–1979 1979 1979–1985 1986–1987	Lymington Relief fleet Hunstanton Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-182	Unnamed	1970–1974 1974 1975–1984 1984–1987 1987 1987	Whitstable Relief fleet Margate Relief fleet Cleethorpes Relief fleet
D-183	The Young People of Scarborough	1970–1984 1984–1986 1986–1990	Scarborough Relief fleet Trials
D-184	Unnamed	1970–1983 1984–1988 1988–1989	Eastney Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-185	Unnamed	1970 1970–1971 1971–1984 1984–1987	Arran (Lamlash) Largs Arran (Lamlash) Relief fleet
D-186	Unnamed	1970–1983 1983–1986 1987–1989	Aberystwyth Relief fleet Publicity (D-2-P)
D-187	Unnamed	1970–1984 1983–1988 1988–1993	Fleetwood Relief fleet Publicity (D-8-P)
D-188	The Lord Feoffees	1971–1983 1984–1987	Bridlington Relief fleet
D-189	Unnamed	1970–1972 1972–1983 1984–1987 1988	Littlestone-on-Sea Port Talbot Relief fleet Publicity (D-9-P)
D-190	Unnamed	1970–1980 1981–1986 1987–1988	Mudeford Relief fleet Poole
D-191	Unnamed	1971–1973 1973–1988 1988	Southwold Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-192	Unnamed	1971–1977 1978 1979–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984 1985–1987	Abersoch Relief fleet Newquay Relief fleet Blackpool Relief fleet
D-193	Unnamed	1971–1977	Whitby
D-194	Unnamed	1971–1977	Cardigan
D-195	Unnamed			Sold to Spain in 1971
D-196	Unnamed	1972–1987 1987 1987–1991	Red Bay Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-197	Unnamed	1972–1984 1984–1987 1987–1988	Cromer Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-198	Unnamed	1972–1986 1986–1987 1988–1990	Barrow Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-199	Unnamed	1972–1986 1986–1988	Mumbles Relief fleet

D-202 – D-310

More information Op. No., Name ...

Op. No.	Name	In service ^[4]	Station
D-202	Unnamed	1972–1986 1986–1987 1987–1991	Filey Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-203	Unnamed	1972–1973 1974 1975–1981 1981–1984 1984–1989	Amble Port St Mary Amble Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-204	Unnamed	1975–1985 1986 1986–1988	Tenby Sheringham Relief fleet
D-208	Unnamed	1973–1985 1987 1987 1987–1989	Morecambe Cleethorpes Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-209	Unnamed	1973 1974 1975–1976 1976 1977–1986 1986–1988 1988–1989	Port St Mary Amble Port St Mary Relief fleet Port St Mary Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-210	Unnamed	1973–1986 1987–1988 1988–1989	Blyth Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-211	Unnamed	1973–1979 1980–1987 1987–1990	Humber Mouth Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-212	Unnamed	1973–1987 1987–1988	Skegness Relief fleet
D-213	Unnamed	1973–1987 1987–1988	Happisburgh Relief fleet
D-215	Blue Peter IV	1973–1981	St Agnes
D-216	Blue Peter III	1973–1985 1985–1986 1986–1988 1988–1989 1989–????	North Berwick Dun Laoghaire Relief fleet Boarding Boat Training
D-217	Unnamed	1972–1977 1977–1987 1987–1988 1989–1992	Relief fleet Sunderland Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-218	Unnamed	1972–1976 1976–1986	Relief fleet On Board 70-003
D-219	Unnamed	1973–1986 1986–1988	Arbroath Relief fleet
D-220	Unnamed	1973–1986 1986–1989 1989	Burry Port Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-264	Unnamed	1979–1987 1987–1989 1989–????	Shoreham Harbour Relief fleet Training
D-265	Unnamed	1979–1988 1988–1990 1990–????	Pwllheli Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-266	Unnamed	1978–1986 1986–1990 1990–1993	Eastbourne Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-267	Unnamed	1979–1988 1989 1989–1991	Redcar Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-268	Unnamed	1979–1988 1989–1990	Barmouth Relief fleet
D-269	Unnamed	1980–1986 1988–1990 1990–????	Tramore Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-273	Unnamed	1980–1988 1989–1992	Howth Boarding Boat
D-274	Unnamed	1980–1984 1984–1989 1989–1990	St Catherine Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-275	Unnamed	1980–1988 1988–1990 1991–1996	Horton and Port Eynon Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-276	Gillian Powell	1980–1988 1988–1991 1991–1996	Moelfre Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-277	Sea Lion	1981–1989 1989–1991 1991–????	Selsey Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-286	Unnamed	1982–1986 1987 1988–1990 1990–1991	Relief fleet Torbay Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-291	Donald Rigby Middleton	1983–1989 1989–1992 1992–1994	Porthcawl Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-292	Castle House	1983–1989 1989–1990 1990–1991 1991–1992 1992–1996 1996–	Dunbar Relief fleet Marazion Relief fleet Boarding Boat Training
D-293	Unnamed	1983–1989 1989–1992 1992–????	Broughty Ferry Relief fleet Publicity (D-28-P)
D-294	Bill Mellis	1983–1989 1990–1991	Margate Relief fleet
D-295	Unnamed	1983–1992 1992–2002	Minehead Boarding Boat
D-296	Unnamed	1984–1992 1992–1996 1996–2001	Portsmouth(Langstone Harbour) Boarding Boat Training
D-297	Unnamed	1984–1990 1990–1992 1992–1994	Port Talbot Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-298	Unnamed	1984–1992 1992–2001	Fleetwood Boarding Boat
D-299	The Lord Feoffees	1984–1992 1992–1995	Bridlington Training (D-299T)
D-300	Lodge of Peace No.322	1983–1992 1992–2001	Blackpool Boarding Boat
D-301	Alan Thurlow Ashford	1983–1988 1988–1993 1993–1995 1995–1997	Bangor Relief fleet Boarding Boat Training (D-299T)
D-302	Unnamed	1983–1992 1992–1993 1993–1997	Clacton-on-Sea Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-303	Unnamed	1984–1987 1987–1991	Arran (Lamlash) Relief fleet
D-304	Unnamed	1984–1992 1993–2001	Scarborought Boarding Boat
D-305	Blue Peter IV	1985–1993	St Agnes
D-306	Blue Peter III	1985–1994 1994–2001 2001–2007	North Berwick Boarding Boat Relief fleet
D-307	Spirit of Round Table	1984–1992 1992–1997	Cromer Training
D-308	Unnamed	1984–1986 1986–1992 1992–1997	Relief fleet Kilkeel Boarding Boat
D-309	Unnamed	1984–1994 1994–????	Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-310	Unnamed	1984–1993 1994–1996	Blackpool Boarding Boat

Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat.

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[5] Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat.

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"Z-Boats to the rescue" (PDF). RNLI. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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Cameron, Ian (2002). Riders of the Storm. Orion Books. pp. 148–152. ISBN 978-0-7528-8344-1.

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Kipling, Ray; Kipling, Susannah (2006). Never Turn Back. Sutton Publishing. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-7509-4307-6.

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Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 72–78.

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D-class_lifeboat_(RFD_PB16)

D-class lifeboat (RFD PB16)

History

Description

RNLI Fleet

D-1 – D-100

D-101 – D-199

D-202 – D-310

References

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Class overview
Preserved D-112 Blue Peter III
Name	D-class (RFD PB16)
Builders	RFD
Operators	Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	D-class (Zodiac III)
Built	1963–1984
In service	1963–2007
Completed	228
Retired	228
General characteristics
Class and type	RFD PB16
Length	16 ft (4.9 m)
Complement	2 or 3