D-class lifeboat (RFD PB16)
 Preserved D-112 Blue Peter III
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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 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | RFD PB16 |
| Length | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Complement | 2 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
[edit]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 The last PB16 was withdrawn in 2002.[4]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
[edit]The PB16 was 16 ft (4.9 m) long and fitted with a single 40 hp outboard motor.[2]
RNLI Fleet
[edit]D-1 – D-100
[edit]| Op. No.[a] | Name | In service [4] | Station | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-1 | Unnamed | 1963 1965 1965–???? |
Aberystwyth Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Relief fleet |
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| D-2 | Unnamed | 1964 1965 |
Aberdovey Whitstable |
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| D-3 | Unnamed | 1966 | Relief fleet | |
| D-4 | Unnamed | 1963 | Mudeford | |
| D-5 | Unnamed | 1963 1964 1965 |
Redcar St Ives West Mersea |
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| D-6 | Unnamed | 1963 1963 1966 |
Redcar Southwold North Sunderland |
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| D-7 | Unnamed | 1963 1964 1967 |
West Mersea Mudeford Southend-on-Sea |
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| D-8 | Unnamed | 1964 1965 1966 |
Bembridge Wells-next-the-Sea St Ives |
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| D-9 | Unnamed | 1963–1964 1965 1966 1966–1973 |
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Blackpool St Ives Publicity (D-1-P) |
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| D-10 | Unnamed | 1964 1965 |
Worthing Aberdovey |
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| D-11 | Unnamed | 1963 1965 1966 1967 |
Wells-next-the-Sea Mudeford Relief fleet Hastings |
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| D-12 | Unnamed | 1963–1964 1965 1965 1967 1968–1970 1983–1987 |
Aberdovey Tynemouth Redcar Redcar Abersoch Publicity (D-2-P) |
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| D-13 | No. Not Allocated | |||
| D-14 | Unnamed | 1964 1965 1965 1967 1968 1969 |
Walmer Southwold West Mersea West Kirby Harwich Brighton |
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| D-15 | Unnamed | 1964 1965 1965–1983 1983–1988 |
Barrow Skegness Relief fleet Publicity (D-3-P) |
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| D-16 | Unnamed | 1964 1965 1965–1966 1967–1968 1968–1969 1969–1972 |
Pwllheli Relief fleet St Ives Bournemouth Arbroath Relief fleet |
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| D-17 | Unnamed | 1964–1967 1967–1970 |
Broughty Ferry Relief fleet |
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| D-18 | Unnamed | 1965–1966 1983–???? |
Bembridge Publicity (D-4-P) |
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| D-19 | Unnamed | 1964 1965–1967 1967–1970 1970 |
Aberystwyth Aberdovey Relief fleet Aberdovey |
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| D-20 | Unnamed | 1964 1965 1965–1966 1967 1968–1970 1971–1972 |
Yarmouth West Mersea Pwllheli Scarborough Mudeford Relief fleet |
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| D-21 | Unnamed | 1964 1965 1965 1965–1966 1966 1967 1967–1972 |
Hastings Southend-on-Sea Torbay Broughty Ferry Walmer Mudeford Relief fleet |
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| D-22 | Unnamed | 1964 1965 1967 1967 1967–1969 1983–1988 |
Largs Yarmouth Yarmouth Stonehaven Relief fleet Publicity (D-5-P) |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| D-29 | Unnamed | 1965 1966 |
Wells-next-the-Sea Atlantic College |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| D-38 | Unnamed | 1965–1966 1966–1973 |
Atlantic College Relief fleet |
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| D-39 | Unnamed | 1965–1967 1966 1968–1972 |
Brighton St Agnes Relief fleet |
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| D-40 | Unnamed | 1965–1968 1968–1969 1969–1970 |
Bangor Scarborough Relief fleet |
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| D-41 | Unnamed | 1965–1969 1970–1973 |
Lymington Relief fleet |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| D-71 | Unnamed | 1965–1970 1970–1972 1972 1972–1973 |
Harwich Relief fleet Coverack Relief fleet |
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| D-72 | Unnamed | 1965–1972 1972–1975 1975–???? |
Happisburgh Relief fleet Publicity (D-11-P) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| D-84 | Unnamed | 1966–1970 1970–1977 |
Whitby Relief fleet |
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| D-85 | Unnamed | 1966–1967 1967–1975 1975–1978 |
Scarborough Relief fleet Publicity (D-7-P) |
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| 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
[edit]| 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 |
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| D-106 | Unnamed | 1966–1974 | Crimdon Dene | |
| D-107 | Unnamed | 1966–1978 1978–1980 |
Clacton-on-Sea Relief fleet |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| D-166 | Unnamed | 1967–1972 1972–1978 1979–1985 1985 |
Hartlepool Coverack Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| 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 |
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| D-169 | Unnamed | 1968–1983 1983–1985 1985–1989 |
Dunbar Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-170 | Unnamed | 1969–1972 1973–1981 1981–1984 1984 1985–1988 |
Arbroath Weston-super-Mare Relief fleet St Agnes Training (D-170T) |
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| 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) |
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| D-173 | Unnamed | 1968–1983 1984–1986 1986–1988 |
Broughty Ferry Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-174 | Unnamed | 1970–1983 1983–1987 1987–1991 |
Porthcawl Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-175 | Alan Thurlow Ashford | 1970–1983 1983–1986 1986–1988 |
Bangor Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-176 | Unnamed | 1971–1972 1972–1981 1982 1982–1986 1986–1991 |
Queensferry Relief fleet Skerries Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-177 | Unnamed | 1970–1983 1983–1987 |
Minehead Relief fleet |
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| 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 |
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| D-180 | Unnamed | 1970–1985 1985–1986 1986 1986–1988 |
St Bees Relief fleet Poole Boarding Boat |
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| D-181 | Unnamed | 1970–1973 1973–1979 1979 1979–1985 1986–1987 |
Lymington Relief fleet Hunstanton Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-182 | Unnamed | 1970–1974 1974 1975–1984 1984–1987 1987 1987 |
Whitstable Relief fleet Margate Relief fleet Cleethorpes Relief fleet |
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| D-183 | The Young People of Scarborough | 1970–1984 1984–1986 1986–1990 |
Scarborough Relief fleet Trials |
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| D-184 | Unnamed | 1970–1983 1984–1988 1988–1989 |
Eastney Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-185 | Unnamed | 1970 1970–1971 1971–1984 1984–1987 |
Arran Largs Arran Relief fleet |
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| D-186 | Unnamed | 1970–1983 1983–1986 1987–1989 |
Aberystwyth Relief fleet Publicity (D-2-P) |
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| D-187 | Unnamed | 1970–1984 1983–1988 1988–1993 |
Fleetwood Relief fleet Publicity (D-8-P) |
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| D-188 | The Lord Feoffees | 1971–1983 1984–1987 |
Bridlington Relief fleet |
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| D-189 | Unnamed | 1970–1972 1972–1983 1984–1987 1988 |
Littlestone-on-Sea Port Talbot Relief fleet Publicity (D-9-P) |
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| D-190 | Unnamed | 1970–1980 1981–1986 1987–1988 |
Mudeford Relief fleet Poole |
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| D-191 | Unnamed | 1971–1973 1973–1988 1988 |
Southwold Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-192 | Unnamed | 1971–1977 1978 1979–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984 1985–1987 |
Abersoch Relief fleet Newquay Relief fleet Blackpool Relief fleet |
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| 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 |
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| D-197 | Unnamed | 1972–1984 1984–1987 1987–1988 |
Cromer Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-198 | Unnamed | 1972–1986 1986–1987 1988–1990 |
Barrow Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-199 | Unnamed | 1972–1986 1986–1988 |
Mumbles Relief fleet |
D-202 – D-310
[edit]| Op. No. | Name | In service [4] | Station | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-202 | Unnamed | 1972–1986 1986–1987 1987–1991 |
Filey Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-203 | Unnamed | 1972–1973 1974 1975–1981 1981–1984 1984–1989 |
Amble Port St Mary Amble Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-204 | Unnamed | 1975–1985 1986 1986–1988 |
Tenby Sheringham Relief fleet |
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| D-208 | Unnamed | 1973–1985 1987 1987 1987–1989 |
Morecambe Cleethorpes Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| 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 |
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| D-210 | Unnamed | 1973–1986 1987–1988 1988–1989 |
Blyth Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-211 | Unnamed | 1973–1979 1980–1987 1987–1990 |
Humber Mouth Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-212 | Unnamed | 1973–1987 1987–1988 |
Skegness Relief fleet |
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| D-213 | Unnamed | 1973–1987 1987–1988 |
Happisburgh Relief fleet |
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| 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 |
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| D-217 | Unnamed | 1972–1977 1977–1987 1987–1988 1989–1992 |
Relief fleet Sunderland Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-218 | Unnamed | 1972–1976 1976–1986 |
Relief fleet On Board 70-003 |
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| D-219 | Unnamed | 1973–1986 1986–1988 |
Arbroath Relief fleet |
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| D-220 | Unnamed | 1973–1986 1986–1989 1989 |
Burry Port Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-264 | Unnamed | 1979–1987 1987–1989 1989–???? |
Shoreham Harbour Relief fleet Training |
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| D-265 | Unnamed | 1979–1988 1988–1990 1990–???? |
Pwllheli Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-266 | Unnamed | 1978–1986 1986–1990 1990–1993 |
Eastbourne Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-267 | Unnamed | 1979–1988 1989 1989–1991 |
Redcar Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-268 | Unnamed | 1979–1988 1989–1990 |
Barmouth Relief fleet |
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| D-269 | Unnamed | 1980–1986 1988–1990 1990–???? |
Tramore Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-273 | Unnamed | 1980–1988 1989–1992 |
Howth Boarding Boat |
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| D-274 | Unnamed | 1980–1984 1984–1989 1989–1990 |
St Catherine Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-275 | Unnamed | 1980–1988 1988–1990 1991–1996 |
Horton and Port Eynon Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-276 | Gillian Powell | 1980–1988 1988–1991 1991–1996 |
Moelfre Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-277 | Sea Lion | 1981–1989 1989–1991 1991–???? |
Selsey Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| D-286 | Unnamed | 1982–1986 1987 1988–1990 1990–1991 |
Relief fleet Torbay Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
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| 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 |
- ^ Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat.
References
[edit]- ^ "Z-Boats to the rescue" (PDF). RNLI. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c d Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 72–78.