D-class lifeboat (Zodiac III)
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Class overview | |
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Name | D-class (Zodiac III) |
Builders | Zodiac Nautic |
Operators | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
Preceded by | D-class (RFD PB16) |
Succeeded by | D-class (EA16) |
Built | 1971–1987 |
In service | 1971–1996 |
Completed | 64 |
Retired | 64 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Zodiac III |
Complement | 2 or 3 |
The D-class (Zodiac III) lifeboat is a class of inflatable boat operated between 1971 and 1996 by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was replaced operationally by the D-class (EA16).
Utilization[edit]
For more than 60 years the D-class has served as the workhorse of the RNLI Inshore Lifeboat (ILB) fleet. The D-class is one of the few RNLI types not to feature a rigid hull. The D-class was specifically designed as a light and highly manoeuvrable rapid response craft, especially suited to close shore work.
RNLI Fleet[edit]
Op. No.[a] | Name | In service [1] | Station | Comments |
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D-205 | Unnamed | 1971–1976 1976–1987 | Conwy Relief fleet | |
D-206 | Unnamed | 1971–1974 1974–1975 1976–1987 1987–1992 | Relief fleet Harwich Relief fleet Publicity Boat (D-28-P) | |
D-207 | Unnamed | 1972–1974 1974–1988 1988–???? | Criccieth Relief fleet Publicity Boat (D-29-P) | |
D-214 | Unnamed | 1972–1976 1977–1987 | Exmouth Relief fleet | |
D-223 | Unnamed | 1972–1987 | Relief fleet | |
D-224 | Unnamed | 1975–1982 1982–1988 1988–???? | Stranraer Relief fleet Publicity Boat (D-30-P) | |
D-225 | Unnamed | 1975–1976 1977–1978 1978–1986 1986–1987 1987–1988 | Moelfre Harwich Relief fleet Southend-on-Sea Publicity Boat (D-31-P) | |
D-226 | Unnamed | 1975–1982 1982–1988 | Hastings Relief fleet | |
D-227 | Unnamed | 1976–1982 1982–1988 1988–???? | Withernsea Relief fleet Publicity Boat (D-32-P) | |
D-228 | Unnamed | 1975–1982 1982–1986 1986 1986–1987 1987–???? | Craster Relief fleet Rhyl Relief fleet Publicity Boat (D-33-P) | |
D-229 | Unnamed | 1975–1984 1984–1988 | Cullercoats Relief fleet | |
D-230 | Miss Winfield | 1975–1987 1987 | West Kirby Relief fleet | |
D-231 | Unnamed | 1976–1986 1987 | Burnham-on-Crouch Relief fleet | |
D-232 | Unnamed | 1975–1987 1988 | Bude Publicity Boat (D-4-P) | |
D-233 | Unnamed | 1976–1987 | Borth | |
D-234 | Unnamed | 1975–1984 1985–1986 1987 1987–1993 | Stonehaven Amble Relief fleet Publicity Boat (D-6-P) | |
D-235 | Unnamed | 1975–1978 1979–1987 1988 | St Abbs Tighnabruaich Publicity Boat (D-11-P) | |
D-236 | Unnamed | 1975–1987 1988–???? | Southend-on-Sea Publicity Boat | |
D-237 | Unnamed | 1975–1987 1987 1987–1989 | Crimdon Dene Relief fleet Publicity Boat (D-13-P) | |
D-238 | Hemel Hempstead Round Table | 1976–1987 1987–???? | New Quay Publicity Boat (D-15-P) | |
D-239 | Unnamed | 1976–1987 | Conwy | |
D-240 | Unnamed | 1976–1978 1978–1987 1987–1988 | Harwich Relief fleet Publicity Boat (D-4-P) | |
D-241 | Unnamed | 1976–1986 1986 1987 | Rye Harbour Kilkeel Relief fleet | |
D-242 | Unnamed | 1976–1987 1987–???? | Little and Broad Haven Publicity Boat | |
D-243 | Unnamed | 1976–1987 1987–1988 1988–1991 | Rhyl Relief fleet Publicity Boat | |
D-244 | Unnamed | 1976–1987 1987–1988 | Bembridge Publicity Boat | |
D-245 | Alick Mackay | 1976–1985 1985–1988 1988>1994 | Kinghorn Relief fleet Boarding Boat | |
D-246 | Spirit of Rotary | 1976–1987 1987–1988 | Wells-next-the-Sea Relief fleet | |
D-247 | Unnamed | 1976–1987 | Mablethorpe | |
D-248 | Unnamed | 1976–1978 1978–1988 | Yarmouth Relief fleet | |
D-249 | Caribbean I | 1976–1987 | Holyhead | |
D-250 | Unnamed | 1977–1988 1988–1993 | Llandudno Publicity Boat (D-4-P) | |
D-251 | Unnamed | 1977–1988 | Lytham St Annes | |
D-252 | Unnamed | 1976–1988 1988–???? | Flint Publicity Boat (D-5-P) | |
D-253 | Unnamed | 1976–1988 | Sheerness | |
D-254 | Unnamed | 1977–1988 | Walmer | |
D-255 | Unnamed | 1977–1987 | Exmouth | |
D-256 | Lion Cub I | 1978–1986 1986–1988 | St Ives Relief fleet | |
D-257 | Unnamed | 1978–1988 | Port Isaac | |
D-258 | Unnamed | 1978 1981 1983–1984 1986–1988 1986–1994 | On Board 70-003 On Board 70-003 On Board 70-003 On Board 70-003 Boarding Boat | |
D-259 | S.M.T.A. Shuttle | 1978–1988 1988–1989 | Trearddur Bay Boarding Boat | |
D-260 | Gwynaeth | 1978–1988 1988–1993 | Whitby Boarding Boat | |
D-261 | Unnamed | 1978–1988 1988>1994 | Kippford Boarding Boat | |
D-262 | Clacton Round Table 3484 | 1978–1984 1984–1988 1988–1991 | Clacton-on-Sea Relief fleet Boarding Boat | |
D-263 | Unnamed | 1978–1988 | On Board 70-002 | |
D-270 | Unnamed | 1980–1988 | Aldeburgh | |
D-271 | Unnamed | 1980–1988 1988–1989 1989–1993 | North Sunderland Relief fleet Boarding Boat | |
D-272 | Unnamed | 1980–1983 1983–1989 | Criccieth Relief fleet | |
D-278 | Unnamed | 1980–1984 1984–1989 1989–???? | Newquay Relief fleet Boarding Boat | |
D-279 | Unnamed | 1981–1989 1989–???? | Penarth Boarding Boat | |
D-280 | Unnamed | 1981–1989 1989–1992 | Tynemouth Publicity Boat (D-2-P) | |
D-281 | Sewing Machine Times | 1981–1989 1989–???? | Aberdeen Publicity Boat (D-9-P) | |
D-282 | Unnamed | 1981–1989 1989–1993 | Weston-super-Mare Boarding Boat | |
D-283 | Unnamed | 1982–1990 | Weston-super-Mare | |
D-287 | Unnamed | 1983–1989 1989–???? | Stranraer Publicity Boat | |
D-288 | Cinque Ports I | 1983–1989 1989–???? | Hastings Publicity Boat (D-20-P) | |
D-289 | Unnamed | 1983–1989 | Withernsea | |
D-290 | Unnamed | 1983–1989 1989–1990 | Craster Relief fleet | |
D-312 | Court Henbury | 1985–1992 1992–1995 | Relief fleet Publicity Boat | |
D-313 | Unnamed | 1985–1992 1992–1995 | Relief fleet Publicity Boat | |
D-314 | Tricentrol I | 1985–1992 1992–1995 | Relief fleet Publicity Boat | |
D-340 | Blue Peter VI | 1987–1994 | Relief fleet | |
D-341 | Unnamed | 1987–1988 1988 1989 1989–1993 1993–1994 | Relief fleet Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea Relief fleet Boarding Boat | |
D-342 | Unnamed | 1987–1992 1993–1996 | Relief fleet Boarding Boat |
- ^ Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat.
References[edit]
- ^ Leonard, Richie; Denton, Tony (2024). Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2024. Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society. pp. 72–78.