D-class lifeboat (RFD PB16)

Preserved D-112 Blue Peter III
Class overview
NameD-class (RFD PB16)
BuildersRFD
Operators Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Preceded bynone
Succeeded byD-class (Zodiac III)
Built1963–1984
In service1963–2007
Completed228
Retired228
General characteristics
Class and typeRFD PB16
Length16 ft (4.9 m)
Complement2 or 3

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).

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

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 The last PB16 was withdrawn in 2002.[4]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 Comments
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

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 Largs
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 1968–1983
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
Largs
Arran
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

Op. No. Name In service [4] Station Comments
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-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
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
  1. ^ Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat.

References

  1. ^ "Z-Boats to the rescue" (PDF). RNLI. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Cameron, Ian (2002). Riders of the Storm. Orion Books. pp. 148–152. ISBN 978-0-7528-8344-1.
  3. ^ Kipling, Ray; Kipling, Susannah (2006). Never Turn Back. Sutton Publishing. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-7509-4307-6.
  4. ^ a b c d Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 72–78.