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

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 The last PB16 was withdrawn in 2002.^[4]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
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 (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

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.

References

^ "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.

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

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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