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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
Preserved	2
General characteristics
Class & type	RFD PB16
Length	16 ft (4.9 m)
Complement	2 or 3

D-class lifeboat (RFD PB16)

Last updated April 10, 2026

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).

History

Increasing numbers of leisure craft in waters around Britain and Ireland in the late 1950s caused the RNLI to consider using inflatable boats as Inshore Lifeboats (ILBs). A boat was purchased for trials and the work of the lifesaving society in Brittany was studied. This resulted in RFD PB16 inflatables being modified and fitted out as ILBs.^[2]

The first was deployed at Aberystwyth in 1963. It capsized on its first launch but was soon put to good use.^[3] Once in service, the main problems came from the boats deflating and from the outboard motors failing. It was decided that these should be replaced every year.^[2]

Production continued until 1984, however two alternative designs were tried in 1971 and 1972. Only a few Avon S650 were built but the Zodiac III proved more successful and series production of these started in 1975 and continued until 1987. The last PB16 was withdrawn in 2002.^[4]

Description

The PB16 was 16 ft (4.9 m) long and fitted with a single 40 hp outboard motor.^[2]

RNLI Fleet

D-1 – D-100

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

D-101 – D-199

Op. No.	Name	In service^[4]	Station	Comments
D-101	Unnamed	1967–1969	Cromer
		1970–1971	Relief fleet
		1971–1975	Bembridge
		1976–1981	Relief fleet
D-19-P		1981–1987	Publicity
D-102	Unnamed	1966–1968	Moelfre
D-102	Unnamed	1970	Torbay
D-103	Unnamed	1966–1975	Borth
D-104	Unnamed	1966–1976	Flint
		1976–1980	Relief fleet
		1980–1983	GLC Flood Relief fleet
D-22-P		1984	Publicity
D-105	Unnamed	1966–1975	Rye Harbour
		1976–1983	Relief fleet
		1983–1986	Boarding Boat
D-106	Unnamed	1966–1974	Crimdon Dene
D-107	Unnamed	1966–1978	Clacton-on-Sea
D-107	Unnamed	1978–1980	Relief fleet
D-108	Unnamed	1967–1973	West Mersea
		1973–1975	Relief fleet
		1975	Withernsea
		1975–1977	Relief fleet
		1977–1979	Howth
D-109	Unnamed	1967–1976	Llandudno
D-109	Unnamed	1976–1978	Relief fleet
D-110	Unnamed	1967–1968	Newquay
		1969	On Board 70-002
		1970	Aberdovey
		1970–1974	Relief fleet
		1974–1975	St Abbs
		1975–1980	Relief fleet
		1980–1983	GLC Flood Relief fleet
		1984–1986	Publicity
D-111	Unnamed	1967–1976	Berwick-upon-Tweed
		1977	Aldeburgh
		1978–1980	Relief fleet
D-112	Blue Peter III	1967–1972	North Berwick	On display since 1996 in the RNLI Heritage Collection at Chatham Historic Dockyard, Dec 2025
		1973–1984	Relief fleet
		1984–	On Display
D-113	Unnamed	1967–1968	Eastbourne
		1968–1969	Great Yarmouth and Gorleston
		1970–1976	Wells-next-the-Sea
		1976–1980	Relief fleet
D-114	Unnamed	1967–1976	Mablethorpe
		1977	Whitby
		1978	Bridlington
		1979–1983	Relief fleet
		1983–1987	Boarding Boat
D-115	Blue Peter I	1967–1972	Littlehampton	Now part of The Science Museum collection
D-115	Blue Peter I	1972–1975	Relief fleet	Now part of The Science Museum collection
D-116	Unnamed	1967–1976	Holyhead
		1976–1979	Relief fleet
		1979–1982	Blackpool
		1982–1983	Relief fleet
		1983–1987	Boarding Boat
D-117	Unnamed	1967–1971	Criccieth
		1972–1981	Blackpool
		1981–1982	Relief fleet
D-120	Unnamed	1967–1976	Lytham St Annes
		1977–1980	Relief fleet
		1980–1981	Penarth
D-17-P		1981–1988	Publicity
D-121	Unnamed	1967–1975	Stonehaven
D-121	Unnamed	1975–1980	Relief fleet
D-122	Unnamed	1967–1975	New Quay
D-123	Unnamed	1967–1976	Kinghorn
D-123	Unnamed	1976–1980	Relief fleet
D-124	Unnamed	1967–1975	Little and Broad Haven
D-124		1976–1982	Relief fleet
D-18-P		1982–1988	Publicity
D-125	Unnamed	1967–1969	Lyme Regis
D-125	Unnamed	1969–1975	Relief fleet
D-126	Unnamed	1967–1977	Trearddur Bay
		1978–1980	Relief fleet
		1980–1981	Hunstanton
		1981–1985	Relief fleet
D-127	Blue Peter II	1967–1976	Beaumaris
D-128	Unnamed	1967–1970	Southend-on-Sea
D-8-P	Unnamed	1970–1976	Publicity
D-129	Unnamed	1967–1977	Howth
		1978–1983	Relief fleet
		1983–1987	Boarding Boat
D-130	Unnamed	1967–1968	Plymouth
D-130	Unnamed	1969–1975	Craster
D-131	Unnamed	1968–1970	Relief fleet
		1970–1977	On Board 70-001
		1977–1980	Relief fleet
		1980–1983	GLC Flood Relief fleet
D-28-P		1984	Publicity
D-132	Unnamed	1968–1971	Helensburgh
		1971–1974	Relief fleet
		1974	Stranraer
		1974–1987	Relief fleet
D-133	Unnamed	1967–1968	Yarmouth
		1968	Relief fleet
		1969–1974	Moelfre
		1975	Relief fleet
D-134	Unnamed	1968–1979	Tighnabruaich
D-134		1979–1983	Relief fleet
D-26-P		1984–1986	Publicity
D-135	Unnamed	1967–1970	Walmer
		1970–1972	Relief fleet
		1972–1977	Kippford
		1977–1978	Relief fleet
D-136	Unnamed	1967–1978	Redcar
D-136	Unnamed	1978–1982	GLC Flood Relief fleet
D-137	Unnamed	1967–1978	Barmouth
		1978	Relief fleet
		1978–1983	GLC Flood Relief fleet
		1983–1986	Boarding Boat
D-138	Unnamed	1967	Aberdovey
		1968–1970	Relief fleet
		1970–1980	Selsey
		1980–1981	Relief fleet
D-139	Unnamed	1967–1977	Port Isaac
D-139		1978–1983	GLC Flood Relief fleet
D-25-P		1983–1988	Publicity
D-140	Unnamed	1967–1968	Aberystwyth
		1969	Aberdovey
		1969–1971	Relief fleet
		1971–1974	Aberdovey
		1974–1980	Criccieth
		1980–1984	Relief fleet
		1984–1987	Inshore Lifeboat Centre
		1987–1989	Training
D-141	Unnamed	1967–1975	Rhyl
D-14-P	Unnamed	1975–????	Publicity
D-142	Unnamed	1966–1977	St Ives
		1978	Relief fleet
		1978–1983	GLC Flood Relief fleet
D-25-P		1983–????	Publicity
D-143	Unnamed	1967–1975	Hastings
		1975–1978	Relief fleet
		1978–1988	Boarding Boat
D-144	Unnamed	1967–1968	Bembridge
		1969–1970	Tynemouth
		1970–1975	Silloth
		1975–1977	Relief fleet
		1977–1980	Moelfre
		1980–1982	Relief fleet
		1982–1984	Amble
D-145	Unnamed	1967–1971	Queensferry
		1972–1976	Sheerness
		1977–1980	Relief fleet
		1980	On Board 70-001
D-146	Unnamed	1967–1969	Silloth
D-146	Unnamed	1970–1975	Southend-on-Sea
D-147	Unnamed	1967–1970	Shoreham Harbour
D-147	Unnamed	1970–1973	Relief fleet
D-148	Blue Peter IV	1968–1972	St Agnes	1980–1987, On Display, Bristol Lifeboat Museum
D-148	Blue Peter IV	1972–1980	Relief fleet	1980–1987, On Display, Bristol Lifeboat Museum
D-149	Unnamed	1967–1970	Relief fleet
		1970–1971	On Board 70-001
		1971–1974	Relief fleet
D-150	Unnamed	1967–1968	Broughty Ferry
		1969–1971	Relief fleet
		1971–1972	Channel Light Vessel No.6
		1972–1975	Relief fleet
		1975–1976	Southend-on-Sea
D-16-P		1976–1988	Publicity
D-151	Unnamed	1967–1973	Largs
D-152	Unnamed	1968–1972	Bournemouth
		1973	Hartlepool
		1974	Bude
		1975–1983	Boarding Boat
D-153	Unnamed	1968–1978	Pwllheli
D-153	Unnamed	1978–1983	Relief fleet
D-154	Unnamed	1967–1971	Relief fleet
D-155	Unnamed	1967–1975	West Kirby
D-156	Unnamed	1967–1968	Mudeford
		1968–1969	Aberystwyth
		1969–1970	Lyme Regis
		1970–1971	Relief fleet
		1971	Blackpool
		1971–1982	Relief fleet
D-157	Unnamed	1968–1980	North Sunderland
D-157		1980–1984	Relief fleet
D-10-P		1985–1990	Publicity
D-158	Unnamed	1968	Brighton
D-158	Unnamed	1969–1975	Southend-on-Sea
D-159	Unnamed	1968	Eastbourne
		1969	St Ives
		1970–1978	Eastbourne
		1978–1984	Relief fleet
D-160	Unnamed	1967–1971	Relief fleet
D-161	Unnamed	1968–1969	Aberdovey
D-161		1969–1975	Yarmouth
D-15-P		1975–1984	Publicity
D-162	Unnamed	1968–1969	Bangor
		1970–1978	Shoreham Harbour
		1979–1983	Relief fleet
D-27-P		1983–1993	Publicity
D-163	Unnamed	1968–1978	Tramore
D-164	Unnamed	1968–1970	Selsey
D-164		1970–1972	Relief fleet
D-9-P		1972–????	Publicity
D-165	Unnamed	1968–1980	Horton and Port Eynon
D-165		1980–1984	Relief fleet
D-165T		1984–1991	Training fleet
D-166	Unnamed	1967–1972	Hartlepool
		1972–1978	Coverack
		1979–1985	Relief fleet
		1985	Boarding Boat
D-167	Unnamed	1969–1979	St Catherine
		1980–1981	Relief fleet
		1981–1982	Blackpool
D-20-P		1982–1990	Publicity
D-168	Unnamed	1968–1981	Aberdeen
		1981–1985	Relief fleet
		1985–1987	Boarding Boat
D-169	Unnamed	1968–1983	Dunbar
		1983–1985	Relief fleet
		1985–1989}}	Boarding Boat
D-170	Unnamed	1969–1972	Arbroath
		1973–1981	Weston-super-Mare
		1981–1984	Relief fleet
		1984	St Agnes
D-170T		1985–1988	Training fleet
D-171	Unnamed	1969–1979	Newquay
D-172	Unnamed	1968–1969	Yarmouth
		1969	Newquay
		1970–1981	Tynemouth
		1981–1983	Relief fleet
D-172T		1983–????	Training
D-173	Unnamed	1968–1983	Broughty Ferry
		1984–1986	Relief fleet
		1986–1988	Boarding Boat
D-174	Unnamed	1970–1983	Porthcawl
		1983–1987	Relief fleet
		1987–1991	Boarding Boat
D-175	Alan Thurlow Ashford	1970–1983	Bangor
	Unnamed	1983–1986	Relief fleet
	Unnamed	1986–1988	Boarding Boat
D-176	Unnamed	1971–1972	Queensferry
		1972–1981	Relief fleet
		1982	Skerries
		1982–1986	Relief fleet
		1986–1991	Boarding Boat
D-177	Unnamed	1970–1983	Minehead
D-177	Unnamed	1983–1987	Relief fleet
D-178	Unnamed	1970–1974	Brighton
		1974–1978	Relief fleet
		1978–1979	Aldeburgh
		1979–1982	Relief fleet
		1982–1983	Blackpool
		1983–1987	Relief fleet
D-3-P		1987–1991	Publicity
D-179	Unnamed	1970–1977	Great Yarmouth and Gorleston
		1978–1979	Tramore
		1979–1981	Relief fleet
	Blue Peter IV	1981–1984	St Agnes
D-180	Unnamed	1970–1985	St Bees
		1985–1986	Relief fleet
		1986	Poole
		1986–1988	Boarding Boat
D-181	Unnamed	1970–1973	Lymington
		1973–1979	Relief fleet
		1979	Hunstanton
		1979–1985	Relief fleet
		1986–1987	Boarding Boat
D-182	Unnamed	1970–1974	Whitstable
		1974	Relief fleet
		1975–1984	Margate
		1984–1987	Relief fleet
		1987	Cleethorpes
		1987	Relief fleet
D-183	The Young People of Scarborough	1970–1984	Scarborough
		1984–1986	Relief fleet
		1986–1990	Trials
D-184	Unnamed	1970–1983	Eastney
		1984–1988	Relief fleet
		1988–1989	Boarding Boat
D-185	Unnamed	1970	Arran
		1970–1971	Largs
		1971–1984	Arran
		1984–1987	Relief fleet
D-186	Unnamed	1970–1983	Aberystwyth
D-186		1983–1986	Relief fleet
D-2-P		1987–1989	Publicity
D-187	Unnamed	1970–1984	Fleetwood
D-187		1983–1988	Relief fleet
D-8-P		1988–1993	Publicity
D-188	The Lord Feoffees	1971–1983	Bridlington
D-188	Unnamed	1984–1987	Relief fleet
D-189	Unnamed	1970–1972	Littlestone-on-Sea
		1972–1983	Port Talbot
		1984–1987	Relief fleet
D-9-P		1988	Publicity
D-190	Unnamed	1970–1980	Mudeford
		1981–1986	Relief fleet
		1987–1988	Poole
D-191	Unnamed	1971–1973	Southwold
		1973–1988	Relief fleet
		1988	Boarding Boat
D-192	Unnamed	1971–1977	Abersoch
		1978	Relief fleet
		1979–1980	Newquay
		1980–1982	Relief fleet
		1982–1984	Blackpool
		1985–1987	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	Red Bay
		1987	Relief fleet
		1987–1991	Boarding Boat
D-197	Unnamed	1972–1984	Cromer
		1984–1987	Relief fleet
		1987–1988	Boarding Boat
D-198	Unnamed	1972–1986	Barrow
		1986–1987	Relief fleet
		1988–1990	Boarding Boat
D-199	Unnamed	1972–1986	Mumbles
D-199	Unnamed	1986–1988	Relief fleet

D-202 – D-310

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 Dún 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	1980–1988 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-301T)
D-302	Unnamed	1983–1992 1992–1993 1993–1997	Clacton-on-Sea Relief fleet Boarding Boat
D-303	Unnamed	1984–1987 1987–1991	Arran 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.

References

↑ "Z-Boats to the rescue" (PDF). RNLI. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
1 2 3 Cameron, Ian (2002). Riders of the Storm. Orion Books. pp. 148–152. ISBN 978-0-7528-8344-1.
↑ Kipling, Ray; Kipling, Susannah (2006). Never Turn Back. Sutton Publishing. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-7509-4307-6.
1 2 3 4 Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2025). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2025. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 86–91.

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

[Z-Boats-1] "Z-Boats to the rescue" (PDF). RNLI. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[storm-2] 1 2 3 Cameron, Ian (2002). Riders of the Storm. Orion Books. pp. 148–152. ISBN 978-0-7528-8344-1.

[never-3] Kipling, Ray; Kipling, Susannah (2006). Never Turn Back. Sutton Publishing. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-7509-4307-6.

[LBES-4] 1 2 3 4 Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2025). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2025. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 86–91.

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Class overview

Preserved Blue Peter III (D-112)


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
Preserved	2


General characteristics
Class & type	RFD PB16
Length	16 ft (4.9 m)
Complement	2 or 3