D-class lifeboat (EA16)

D-class lifeboat at speed

Class overview
Name| D-class (EA16)
Builders| Avon Inflatables
Operators|  Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Preceded by| D-class (Zodiac III)
Succeeded by| D-class (IB1)
Built| 1987–2002
In service| 1987–2010
Completed| 243
General characteristics
Class and type| Evans Avon 16
Displacement| 338 kg (745 lb)
Length| 4.9 m (16 ft)
Beam| 2 m (6.6 ft)
Propulsion| 1 × 40 hp Mariner outboard engine
Speed| 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Endurance| 3 hours at full speed
Complement| 3 or 4

The D-class (EA16) lifeboat is a class of inflatable boat operated since 1987 by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of the United Kingdom and Ireland. It has been replaced operationally by the D-class (IB1), but many are still used as part of the relief fleet, as boarding boats for the larger classes of lifeboat[1] and by the RNLI Flood Rescue Team.

The type designator EA16 stands for Evans Avon 16.[2]

## Utilization

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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.

## Design and construction

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RNLB Inbhear Deas (D-518), which is now part of the Flood Rescue team.

The D-class lifeboat consists of two sponsons, together housing seven inflatable segments intersected by baffles. The main construction fabric is Hypalon-coated Nylon which provides a durable, non-tear surface.

This was one of the smaller classes of lifeboat operated by the RNLI, and they were a common sight at lifeboat stations around the coast. Unlike other members of the ILB fleet, the D-class does not have a rigid hull; all others, with the exception of the Arancia, hovercraft, and ALB Tenders, are Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs).

The D-class normally had a crew of three or four and was primarily used for surfer/swimmer incidents as well as assisting in cliff incidents where the casualty was near the water. The very nature of its work required a swift response, and the D-class can normally be afloat within five minutes of the pagers going off.[citation needed]

## Fleet

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### D-311 - D-399

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Op. No.[a] | Name  | In service[3] | Principal Station  | Comments

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D-311 | The Holgate | 1984–1986
1985–????
????–1995  | Trials
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre | EA16 Prototype
D-315  | Charlie B | 1986–1993
1993–1996
1996–2010  | Tenby
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-316  | Unnamed | 1986–1993
1993–1996
1996–????  | Morecambe
Training fleet
Publicity  |
D-317  | Unnamed | 1986–1993
1994–1996
1996–????  | Dún Laoghaire
Training fleet
Publicity  |
D-318  | Modeller 1 | 1986–1993
1993–????  | Barrow
Publicity  |
D-319  | Unnamed | 1986–1994
1994–1995
1995–????  | The Mumbles
Training fleet
Publicity  |
D-320  | Filey Lion | 1986–1993
1993–1994
1994–????  | Filey
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-321  | Rose Elizabeth Lawrence | 1986–1993
1993–1995
1995
1995–1996
1997–????  | Amble
Relief fleet
Boarding Boat
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-322  | Humphrey and Nora Tollemanche | 1986–1993
1993–1995
1995–1998  | Eastbourne
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-323  | Gus | 1986–1994
1995–1998  | Port St Mary
Publicity  |
D-324  | BBC Radio Newcastle II | 1987–1994
1994–1995
1995–????  | Blyth
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-325  | Tricentrol II | 1987–1994
1994–1995
1995–2014  | Cleethorpes
Relief fleet
Publicity (D-325P)  |
D-326  | Michel Philippe Wolvers | 1987–1994
1994–1995
1995–????  | Skegness
Larne
Publicity  |
D-327  | Unnamed | 1987–1994
1995–????  | Happisburgh
Publicity  |
D-328  | Stephen Willoughby | 1987–1991
1991–1997  | Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-329  | BBC Radio Newcastle I | 1987–1994
1994–????  | Sunderland
Publicity  |
D-330  | Unnamed | 1987–1994
1995–????  | Arbroath
Publicity  |
D-331  | Dorothy Way | 1987–1994
1996–????  | Burry Port
Publicity  |
D-332  | Unnamed | 1987–1994
1995–????  | West Kirby
Publicity (D-332P)  |
D-333  | Unnamed | 1987–1990
1990
1991–1994
1994
1995–1998
1998–2009  | Relief fleet
Courtown
Relief fleet
Newcastle (Co. Down)
Relief fleet
Boarding Boat  |
D-334  | Unnamed | 1987–1991
1991
1991–1996
1997  | Relief fleet
Ilfracombe
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-335  | Unnamed | 1987–1997  | Burnham-on-Crouch |
D-336  | Unnamed | 1987–1994
1994–1996
1996
1997–????  | Relief fleet
Angle
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-337  | Norman Victor Hickling | 1987–1993
1993–1996
1997–????  | Crimdon Dene
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-338  | Bruce's Bonus | 1987–1996
1996–2013  | Relief fleet
Publicity (D-338P)  |
D-339  | Unnamed | 1987–1995
1995
1996
1996–2008  | New Quay
St Ives
Boarding Boat
Publicity (D-339P)  |
D-343  | Unnamed | 1987–1995
1996–1997
1998–  | Bude
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Boarding boat (Rosslare Harbour)[b] |
D-344  | Unnamed
Onslaught  | 1987–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–2012  | Borth
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Boarding boat (BB-344)  |
D-345  | Unnamed | 1987–1994
1994–1995
1995–1998
1998–2008  | Tighnabruaich
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Boarding boat (BB-345)  |
D-346  | Unnamed | 1987–1995
1995–2008
2008–2009  | Conwy
Boarding boat (BB-346)
Flood Rescue (RRU-10)  |
D-347  | Unnamed | 1987–1995
1995–1996
1996–1998  | Little and Broad Haven
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-348  | Banks' Staff I | 1987–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–2000  | Rhyl
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Boarding boat (BB-348)  |
D-349  | Unnamed | 1987–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1998  | Southend-on-Sea
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Boarding boat (BB-349)  |
D-350  | Unnamed | 1987–1994
1994–1995
1995–1997  | Relief fleet
Rock
Relief fleet  |
D-351  | Rotary Club of Sutton | 1987–1995
1995–1997
1997–1998  | Shoreham Harbour
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-352  | Jane Ann | 1987–1996  | Wells-next-the-Sea |
D-353  | Unnamed | 1987–1996
1996–1997  | Bembridge
Relief fleet  |
D-354  | Alfred George Martin | 1988–1996
1996–1997  | Torbay
Relief fleet  |
D-355  | Unnamed | 1988–1992
1992–1993
1993–1997
1997–1998  | Relief fleet
Looe
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-356  | Unnamed | 1988–1996
1996–1997  | Lough Swilly
Relief fleet  |
D-357  | Braemar | 1988–1996
1996–1997
1998–2009  | Mablethorpe
Relief fleet
Publicity (D-357P)  |
D-358  | Unnamed | 1988–1996
1996–1997  | Holyhead
Relief fleet  |
D-359  | 41 Club I | 1988–1996
1996–????  | Llandudno
Relief fleet  |
D-360  | Unnamed | 1988–1996
1996–1998
1998–????  | Lytham St Annes
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-361  | Tangent I | 1988–1996
1996–1997
1997–????  | Flint
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-362  | Kensington Rescuer | 1988–1996
1996–1997
1997–2005
2005–2010  | Sheerness
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Training fleet  |
D-363  | Unnamed | 1988–1997
1997  | Walmer
Relief fleet  |
D-364  | Clubs of the River Exe | 1988–1997
1997–1999  | Exmouth
Relief fleet  |
D-365  | Unnamed | 1988–1994
1994
1994–1997
1997–2005
2005–2007  | Relief fleet
Sennen Cove
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Training fleet  |
D-366  | Peter and Mollie Tabor | 1988–1997
1997–1998
1998–1999
1999–2000  | Port Isaac
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Port Isaac
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-367  | Sea Horse | 1988–1996
1996–1997
1997–2012  | Trearddur Bay
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-368  | Douglas Cameron | 1988–1997
1997–1998
1998–2005
2005–2009
2009–2014  | Southend-on-Sea
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Training fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-369  | Unnamed | 1988–1997
1997–1998
1998–1999
1999–2020  | Whitby
St Davids
Relief fleet
Publicity (D-369P)  |
D-370  | 41 Club II | 1988–1999  | Kippford |
D-371  | 41 Club III | 1988–1999
1999–2000  | Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-372  | The Lion | 1988–1997
1998–2010  | Pwllheli
Boarding boat (BB-372)  |
D-373  | Unnamed | 1988–1997
1997–1999
1999–2020  | Redcar
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-374  | Unnamed | 1988–1997
1997–1998
1998–2010  | Barmouth
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Training fleet  |
D-375  | Alice | 1988–1996
1996–2005  | Tramore
Relief fleet  |
D-376  | Unnamed | 1988–1997
1997–1999
1999–2001  | Aldeburgh
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-377  | Unnamed | 1988–1997
1997–2000  | North Sunderland
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-378  | Unnamed | 1988–1993
1993–1994
1994–1997
1997–1998
1998–2000  | Relief fleet
Portrush
Relief fleet
Fethard
Relief fleet  |
D-379  | Unnamed | 1989–1998
1998–2001  | Howth
Relief fleet  |
D-380  | Unnamed | 1988–1997
1997–1999  | Horton and Port Eynon
Relief fleet  |
D-381  | Douglas | 1989–1998
1998–1999  | Moelfre
Relief fleet  |
D-382  | Unnamed | 1989–1998
1998–1999  | Selsey
Relief fleet  |
D-383  | Sea Tiger | 1989–1999  | Relief fleet  |
D-384  | John Cresswell | 1989–1998
1989–1999  | Penarth
Relief fleet  |
D-385  | Unnamed | 1989–1998
1998–????  | Tynemouth
Relief fleet  |
D-386  | Trevor Edwin Jones | 1989–1998
1998–1999  | Aberdeen
Relief fleet  |
D-387  | Boto-X 87 | 1989–1998
1998–1999  | Weston-super-Mare
Relief fleet  |
D-388  | Crusader | 1989–1998
1998–1999  | Stranraer
Relief fleet  |
D-389  | Captain Colin | 1989–1998
1998–2005
2005–2011  | Broughty Ferry
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Training fleet  |
D-390  | Tiger D | 1989–1996
1996–1997
1997–1999  | Porthcawl
Fowey
Relief fleet  |
D-391  | Lifeline | 1989–1999
1999–2015  | Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre (Capsize Training)  |
D-392  | Cecile Rampton | 1989–1998
1998–2005
2005–????  | Hastings
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Training fleet  | Now Curlew with Razorbill RIB Charters
D-393  | Unnamed
Helen Mitchell Scrimgeour | 1990–1997
1997–1998
1998–1999  | Skerries
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-394  | Banks' Staff II | 1990–1999
1999–2008  | Withernsea
Publicity (D-394P)  |
D-395  | Bob | 1990–1999
1999–2001  | Craster
Relief fleet  |
D-396  | Unnamed
Starting Point | 1989–1993
1993–1994
1994
1994–1999  | Relief fleet
North Kessock
Looe
Relief fleet  |
D-397  | Banks' Staff III | 1989–1999
1999  | Dunbar
Relief fleet  |
D-398  | Victory Wheelers | 1989–1994
1994
1995–1996
1996–1999  | Relief fleet
Montrose
Hayling Island
Relief fleet  |
D-399  | Bertha | 1989–1992
1992
1993–1999  | Relief fleet
Campbeltown
Relief fleet  |

### D400 - D-499

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Op. No.  | Name  | In service[4] | Principal Station  | Comments

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D-400 | Tigger | 1989–1999
1999  | Margate
Relief fleet  |
D-401  | Bank Staff Appeal IV | 1990–2001  | Relief fleet  |
D-402  | Warwick | 1990–1999
1999–2000  | Port Talbot
Relief fleet  |
D-403  | City of Peterborough | 1990–1993
1993–1994
1994–2000  | Relief fleet
Campbeltown
Relief fleet  |
D-404  | Ann Speed | 1990–1999
1999–2000  | Relief fleet
Fenit |
D-405  | British Diver III | 1990–1993
1993–1994
1994–1999  | Relief fleet
Looe
Relief fleet  |
D-406  | Phyl Clare | 1990–1993
1993–1994
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997
1997–2001  | Relief fleet
Swanage
Newquay
Relief fleet
St Davids
Relief fleet  |
D-407  | The Marlboroough Club Didcot | 1990–2002
2002
2002–2003
2003
2003–2005
2005–2008  | Relief fleet
Dunbar
Relief fleet
Calshot
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-408  | City of Derby | 1990–2001
2001–2004  | Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre |
D-409  | Taipan | 1990–2000  | Relief fleet  |
D-410  | Bacchus | 1991–1997
1997–1999
1999–2002
2002–2005
2005–  | Relief fleet
Alderney
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Publicity  |
D-411  | Unnamed | 1991–1999
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001–2004  | Marazion
Relief fleet
Marazion
Relief fleet  |
D-412  | BP Service | 1991–1999
1999–2006  | Courtown
Relief fleet  |
D-413  | Billy Mills and George Ralph | 1991–2001
2001–2010  | Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-414  | Fairlands Lady | 1991–2005
2005–2013  | Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-415  | Pride of West Kingsdown | 1991–1995
1995–1996
1996–2001
2001–2004
2005–2008
2008–2009  | Relief fleet
Fishguard
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Flood Rescue (RRU-13)
Training fleet  |
D-416  | Unnamed | 1991–2000
2000–2004  | Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-417  | Douglas Hurndall | 1991–1994
1994–1995
1995–2001
2001–2004  | Relief fleet
Swanage
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-418  | Unnamed | 1991–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004  | Relief fleet
Calshot
Relief fleet  |
D-419  | Sarah Helena | 1991–2005
2005–2009  | Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (RRU-14)  |
D-420  | Leslie D | 1992–1999
1999–2000
2000–2005
2005–2009  | Minehead
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Flood Rescue (RRU-15)  |
D-421  | Lord Raglan | 1992–2000
2000–2004
2004–2007  | Portsmouth
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-422  | Alec Dykes | 1992–2000
2000–2004
2004
2004–2005
2005–2009  | Ilfracombe
Relief fleet
Bude
Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (RRU-16)  |
D-423  | John Edmunds | 1992–2005
2005–2010  | Relief fleet
Training fleet (Capsize Training)  |
D-424  | City of Chester | 1992–2000
2000–2003
2003–2004  | Fleetwood
Relief fleet
Burnham-on-Sea |
D-425  | Strickson | 1992–2005
2005–  | Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (RRU-17)  |
D-426  | Lord Feoffees II | 1992–2000
2000–2002
2002–2004
2004–2005  | Bridlington
Relief fleet
Wexford
Training fleet  |
D-427  | Storrs | 1992–1998
1998–1999
1999–2004  | Relief fleet
Sligo Bay
Relief fleet  |
D-428  | St Vincent Amazon | 1992–1997
1997
1997–2004  | Relief fleet
Whitby
Relief fleet  |
D-429  | RJM | 1992–2000
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2005
2005–2007  | Blackpool
Relief fleet
Calshot
Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (RRU-18)  |
D-430  | Rotherham Grammar School | 1992–2005
2005–2009  | Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-431  | Veronica | 1992–2000
2000–2003
2003–2004
2004–2012  | Clacton-on-Sea
Relief fleet
Littlehampton
Training fleet  |
D-432  | Ordnance Survey Bosun | 1992–1995
1995–1997
1997–2004  | Relief fleet
Wicklow
Relief fleet  |
D-433  | Marjorie | 1992–1995
1995–1996
1996–2002
2002–2003
2003–2006  | Relief fleet
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Relief fleet
Littlehampton
Relief fleet  |
D-434  | John Wesley Hillard | 1992–2001
2001–2005  | Scarborough
Relief fleet  |
D-435  | Table 32 | 1992–1994
1994–1996
1996–2001
2001–2005  | Relief fleet
Shoreham Harbour
Relief fleet
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-436  | Chloe | 1992–2001
2001–2003
2003
2003–2006
2006–2012  | Cromer
Relief fleet
Eastbourne
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-437  | Jill Gatli | 1993–2004  | Relief fleet  |
D-438  | Arthur and Georgina Stanley Taylor | 1993–2001
2001–2004  | Tenby
South Broads |
D-439  | Phyllis Mary | 1993–1995
1995
1995–1996
1996–2005  | Relief fleet
Montrose
Larne
Relief fleet  |
D-440  | Brenda Reed | 1993–2001
2001–2002
2002–2004
2004  | Morecambe
Relief fleet
Trearddur Bay
Relief fleet  |
D-441  | Irish Diver | 1993–2001
2001–2002
2002–2009  | Dún Laoghaire
Trearddur Bay
Relief fleet  |
D-442  | Edgar Law | 1993–2001
2001–2005  | Blackpool
Relief fleet  |
D-443  | Modeller II | 1993–2001
2001–2005  | Barrow
Relief fleet  | 2005, Sold to ICESAR Suðurnes
D-444  | Sharpe's Classic All Seasons | 1994–2006
2006–  | Relief fleet
Boarding boat (St Mary's)  |
D-445  | Axa Life Inshorer | 1993–1996
1996–1997
1997–2005  | Relief fleet
Fethard
Relief fleet  |
D-446  | Holme Team | 1993–2001
2001–2006
2006–2010  | Filey
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-447  | Thomas Campbell | 1993–2001
2001–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2013  | Amble
Relief fleet
Wexford
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (Barry Dock)  |
D-448  | Sea Ranger | 1993–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1998
1998–2004  | Relief fleet
Sennen Cove
Relief fleet
Horton and Port Eynon
Relief fleet  |
D-449  | Humphry and Nora Tollemache II | 1993–2001
2001–2004
2004–2005  | Eastbourne
Relief fleet
South Broads |
D-450  | Anthony | 1993–1994
1994–1995
1995–2006
2006–2009
2009–2014  | Relief fleet
Sennen Cove
Relief fleet
Training fleet
Boarding boat (BB-450)  |
D-451  | Jeanne Frances | 1993–2006  | Relief fleet  |
D-452  | Blue Peter III | 1994–2003
2003–2005  | North Berwick
Relief fleet  |
D-453  | Blue Peter IV | 1994–2004
2005–2006  | St Agnes
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-454  | Blue Peter VI | 1994–2004
2004–2005  | Cleethorpes
Relief fleet  |
D-455  | Spirit of Kintyre | 1994–2001
2001–2006  | Campbeltown
Relief fleet  |
D-456  | Jonathan Simpson | 1994–2002
2002–2006  | Portrush
Relief fleet  |
D-457  | Elsie Frances I | 1994–2006
2006–  | Relief fleet
Boarding boat (Barrow)  |
D-458  | Maureen Samuels | 1994–2004
2004
2004–2006  | Relief fleet
Littlehampton
Relief fleet  |
D-459  | Margaret and Fiona Wood | 1994–2001
2001–2004  | North Kessock
Relief fleet  |
D-460  | Leicester Fox | 1994–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2006
2006–2013  | Skegness
Relief fleet
New Quay
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (Dunbar)  |
D-461  | Spirit of RAOC | 1994–2002
2002–2004
2004
2004–2005
2005–2006  | Looe
Relief fleet
Workington
Relief fleet
Anstruther |
D-462  | Frances | 1994–2002
2002–2006
2006–  | Port St Mary
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (BB-462)  |
D-463  | Nellie Grace Hughes | 1994–2004
2004–2006  | The Mumbles
Relief fleet  | On Display at National Maritime Museum Falmouth from 2006
D-464  | Wren | 1994–2003
2003–2006  | Blyth
Relief fleet  |
D-465  | Palmer Bayer | 1994–2006
2006–2007  | Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-466  | Phyllis Mary II | 1994–2004
2004–2005
2005–2012  | Relief fleet
St Agnes
Training fleet  |
D-467  | Kathleen Scadden | 1994–1998
1998–1999
1999–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2012  | Relief fleet
Cardigan
Relief fleet
Troon
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-468  | Colin Martin | 1994–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006  | Happisburgh
Relief fleet
Troon
Relief fleet  |
D-469  | Winifred & Cyril Thorpe | 1994–2007
2007–2009  | Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (RRU-14)  |
D-470  | Landlubber | 1994–2003
2003–2006  | Sunderland
Relief fleet  | now with ICE SAR in Eskifjörður
D-471  | Coachmakers of London | 1994–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007  | Arbroath
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-472  | Kip and Kath | 1994–2003
2003–2006
2006–2007  | Burry Port
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-473  | Thomas Jefferson | 1994–2003
2003–2006
2006–2010  | West Kirby
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-474  | G C H Fox | 1994–2002
2002–2003
2003–2006  | Relief fleet
Eastbourne
Relief fleet  |
D-475  | Phyl Clare 2 | 1995–2003
2003–2005
2006–2007  | Swanage
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-476  | Corydd | 1995–2003
2003–2008  | New Quay
Relief fleet  |
D-477  | Pride of Nuneaton and Bedworth | 1995–1999
1999–2001
2001–2002
2002–2005
2005–2007
2007–  | Relief fleet
Kippford
Relief fleet
Teddington
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-478  | Aldergrove | 1995–2005
2005–2007  | Newcastle (Co Down)
Relief fleet  |
D-479  | May | 1995–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007  | Borth
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-480  | The Craft Club | 1995–2007  | Relief fleet  |
D-481  | Holme Team 3 | 1995–2004
2004–2007
2007–  | Montrose
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-482  | Arthur Bate | 1995–2004
2004–2005
2005–  | Conwy
Angle
Relief fleet  |
D-483  | C John Morris DFM | 1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007  | Relief fleet
St Ives
Relief fleet
Flint
Relief fleet  |
D-484  | Sybil | 1995–2004
2004–2007  | Little and Broad Haven
Relief fleet  |
D-485  | Stafford with Rugeley | 1995–2004
2004–2007
2007–2010  | Rhyl
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-486  | Eleanor and Catherine | 1995–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007  | Relief fleet
South Broads
Relief fleet  |
D-487  | Foresters London pride | 1995–2005
2005–2007  | Southend-on-Sea
Training fleet  |
D-488  | Mabel | 1995–2000
2000–2001
2001–2007  | Relief fleet
Fenit
Relief fleet  |
D-489  | Dolly Holloway | 1995–2005
2005–2007  | Rock
Training fleet  |
D-490  | Spirit of the ACC | 1996–2004
2004–2007
2007  | Sennen Cove
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-491  | Cetrek | 1996–2007  | Relief fleet  |
D-492  | Lawnflite | 1996–1998
1998
1998–2002
2002–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007  | Relief fleet
Cardigan
Relief fleet
Ballyglass
Relief fleet
South Broads |
D-493  | Isabella Mary | 1996–2004
2004–2005
2005
2005–2007  | Angle
Relief fleet
South Broads
Relief fleet  |
D-494  | Sunrise | 1996–2005
2005–2007  | Berwick-upon-Tweed
Relief fleet  |
D-495  | Elsie Frances II | 1996–2003
2004–2005
2005–2007  | Bude
Burnham-on-Sea
Relief fleet  |
D-496  | Leonard Stedman | 1996–2005
2005–2007  | Hayling Island
Relief fleet  |
D-497  | Lord Daresbury | 1996–2005
2005–2007  | Newquay
Relief fleet  |
D-498  | Fred Crocker | 1996–2007
2007–2012  | Relief fleet
Boarding boat (BB-498)  |
D-499  | Jean and Paul | 1996–2005
2005–2007  | Larne
Relief fleet  |

### D500 - D-576

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Op. No.  | Name  | In service[5] | Principal Station  | Comments

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D-500  | Unnamed | 1996–2004
2004–2005
2005–2007
2007–  | Relief fleet
Anstruther
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-501  | Forest Row Choir | 1996–2005
2005–2007
2007–2015
2015–  | Shoreham Harbour
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (Tynemouth)
Inshore Lifeboat Centre  |
D-502  | Inis-Eoghain | 1996–2005
2005–2009
2009–  | Lough Swilly
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (Appledore)  |
D-503  | Criddy and Tom | 1996–2005
2005
2005–2007
2007–2008
2008–2015  | Bembridge
Relief fleet
Whitby
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (Arranmore)  |
D-504  | Spirit of the RPC | 1996–2005
2005–2007
2007
2007–2008
2008–2010  | Torbay
Relief fleet
Fethard
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (BB-504)  |
D-505  | Arthur Bygraves | 1996–2006
2006
2006–2008
2008–2012  | Fishguard
Flint
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-506  | Patrick Rex Moren | 1996–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009  | Mablethorpe
Relief fleet
Troon
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (BB-506)  |
D-507  | Spirit of Bedworth and Nuneaton | 1996–2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008–2012  | Holyhead
Relief fleet
Ballyglass
Training fleet  |
D-508  | John Saunderson | 1996–2006
2006–2008
2008–  | Llandudno
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-509  | John Kennedy | 1996–2006
2006–2007
2007–2015  | Lytham St Annes
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (BB-509)  |
D-510  | Marjorie Helen | 1996–2005
2005–2007
2007–2008
2008–2012  | Flint
Relief fleet
Training fleet
Boarding boat (BB-510)  |
D-511  | Margaret | 1996–2005
2005–2007
2007
2007–2009
2009–2012  | Tramore
Relief fleet
Redcar
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (Calshot)  |
D-512  | Jane Ann II | 1996–2007
2007
2007–2008
2008–2014  | Wells-next-the-Sea
Whitby
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (Achill Island)  |
D-513  | Seahorse I | 1996–2006
2006–2009
2009–  | Sheerness
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (BB-513)  |
D-514  | Lord Kitchener | 1997–2006
2006–2007
2007
2007–2010  | Walmer
Relief fleet
Barmouth
South Broads |
D-515  | Spirit of the RCT | 1997–2007
2007–2008
2008–2013  | St Ives
Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (FR-10)  |
D-516  | Spirit of the Exe | 1997–2006
2006–2009
2009–2015  | Exmouth
Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (FR-19)  |
D-517  | Spirit of the PCS RE | 1997–1998  | Port Isaac |
D-518  | Inbhear Deas | 1997–2007
2007–2011
2011–2014  | Wicklow
Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (FR-14)  |
D-519  | Ernest and Rose Chapman | 1997–2007
2007–2008
2008–2015  | Burnham-on-Crouch
Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (FR-04)  |
D-520  | Bob Savage | 1997–2007
2007–2008
2008–2011
2011–2013
2013–  | Aldeburgh
Dart
Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (TFR-01)
Flood Rescue (FR-05)  |
D-521  | OEM Stone II | 1997–2007
2007–2010
2010–  | Whitby
Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (FR-01)  |
D-522  | City of Chester II | 1997–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–  | Pwllheli
Relief fleet
Skegness
Publicity  |
D-523  | Peterborough Beer Festival I | 1997–2007
2007–2009
2009–2010
2010–  | Redcar
Relief fleet
Fenit
Publicity  |
D-524  | Pilgrim | 1997–2007
2007–2008
2008–  | Barmouth
Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (FR-15)  |
D-525  | Holme Team IV | 1998–2007
2007–2008
2008–2013  | Clifden
Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (FR-08)  |
D-526  | Olive Herbert | 1997–2007
2007–2009
2009–  | Fowey
Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (FR-11)  |
D-527  | Ethel Royal | 1997–2007
2007–2009
2009–2012
2012–  | Southend-on-Sea
Relief fleet
Training fleet
Boarding boat (Leverburgh)  |
D-528  | Arthur Harris | 1998–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–  | Fethard
Relief fleet
Training fleet
Flood Rescue (FR-16)  |
D-529  | Martin John and Ann | 1997–2008
2008–2009
2009–2012
2012–  | North Sunderland (Seahouses)
Relief fleet
Training fleet
Boarding boat (BB-529)  |
D-530  | Marguerite Joan Harris | 1998–2006
2006–2011
2011–2013
2013–  | Howth
Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (TFR-02)
Flood Rescue (FR-06)  |
D-531  | Walter Grove | 1998–2008
2008–  | Horton and Port Eynon
Flood Rescue (FR-09)  |
D-532  | Kingsand | 1998–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–  | Moelfre
Relief fleet
Dún Laoghaire
Boarding boat (Torbay)  |
D-533  | Peter Cornish | 1998–2008
2008–2015  | Selsey
Flood Rescue (FR-03)  |
D-534  | Severn Rescuer | 1998–2008
2008–  | Penarth
Flood Rescue (FR-02)  |
D-535  | The Cromer Smuggler | 1998–2008
2008–2009
2009
2009–2013  | Tynemouth
Relief fleet
Aberystwyth
Training fleet  |
D-536  | Margaret II | 1998–2008
2008–2010
2010–2015  | Aberdeen
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (Castletownbere)  |
D-537  | Faith | 1998–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010  | Weston-super-Mare
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-538  | Tom Broom | 1998–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010  | Stranraer
Relief fleet
Skegness |
D-539  | Hartlepool Dynamo | 1998–2008
2008–  | Broughty Ferry
Flood Rescue (FR-07)  |
D-540  | Cecile Rampton II | 1998–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010  | Hastings
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-541  | Brian and Margaret Wiggins | 1999–2009
2009–  | Withernsea
Flood Rescue (FR-17)  |
D-542  | AB-One | 1999–2008
2008–2011  | Craster
Relief fleet  |
D-543  | Saint David Dewi Sant | 1998–2008
2008–2009
2009–2014  | St Davids
Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (FR-12)  |
D-544  | The Hastings | 1999–2009
2009–2014
2015–  | Dunbar
Flood Rescue (FR-18)
Boarding boat (Tynemouth)  |
D-545  | Tigger Too | 1999–2008
2008–2010
2010–  | Margate
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-546  | Spirit of the PCS RE II | 1999–2009
2009–2013
2013–  | Port Isaac
Training fleet
Boarding boat (Appledore)  |
D-547  | Society of Societies | 1999–2009
2009–2011
2011–  | Cardigan
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (Alderney)  |
D-548  | Star of the Sea | 1999–2009
2009–2010  | Courtown
Relief fleet  |
D-549  | George and Christine | 1999–2009  | Minehead |
D-550  | Gwenllian The Rotary Club of Port Talbot | 1999–2009
2009–2010
2010–  | Port Talbot
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-551  | Spirit of Alderney | 1999–2009
2009–2011  | Alderney
Training fleet  |
D-552  | Global Marine | 1999–2000
2000–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2015
2015–  | Marazion
Relief fleet
Anstruther
Relief fleet
Burnham-on-Sea
Relief fleet
Training fleet
Flood Rescue (B-021)  |
D-553  | David Whitehead | 2001–2009
2009–2010
2010–  | Kippford
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (Barra Island)  |
D-554  | Heyland II | 2000–2009
2009–2011  | Portsmouth
Training fleet  |
D-555  | Deborah Brown | 2000–2009
2009–2013
2013–  | Ilfracombe
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (Tobermory)  |
D-556  | Saddleworth | 2000–2009
2009–2010
2010–  | Fleetwood
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (BB-556)  |
D-557  | Lord Feoffees III | 2000–2009
2009–2011
2011–  | Bridlington
Training fleet
Boarding boat (BB-557)  |
D-558  | William and Rose Nall | 2000–2010
2010–  | Blackpool
Boarding boat (Eastbourne)  |
D-559  | Seahorse II | 2000–2009  | Clacton-on-Sea |
D-560  | John Wesley Hillard II | 2001–2009
2009–2010  | Scarborough
Relief fleet  |
D-561  | Cursitor Street | 2001–2009
2009–  | Fenit
Relief fleet  |
D-562  | Georgina Stanley Taylor | 2001–2009
2009–  | Tenby
Relief fleet  |
D-563  | Rotary District 1120 | 2001–2008
2008–2011  | Filey
Training fleet  |
D-564  | Peter Bond | 2001–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–  | Morecambe
Workington ALF
Training fleet
Boarding boat (BB-564)  |
D-565  | Tony Heard | 2001–2009
2009–  | Dún Laoghaire
Relief fleet  |
D-566  | Norah Cadman | 2001–2010
2010–  | Blackpool
Boarding boat (Fishguard)  |
D-567  | Spirit of Tamworth | 2001–2010  | Barrow |
D-568  | Seahorse III | 2001–2010
2010–2012
2012–2014  | Cromer
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (Alderney)  |
D-569  | Rosemary Palmer | 2001–2010  | Amble |
D-570  | Joan and Ted Wiseman 50
Roger B. Harbour. | 2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2010
2010–2011
2011–2015  | Eastbourne
Relief fleet
North Berwick
Relief fleet
Ballyglass
Relief fleet
Filey
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-571  | Three Brothers | 2001–2010
2010–2011
2011–  | Campbeltown
Relief fleet
Boarding boat (Portree)  |
D-572  | Ken and Mary | 2002–2010  | Portrush |
D-573  | Leicester Fox II | 2002–2008
2008–2009
2009–2011  | Skegness
Relief fleet
Training fleet  |
D-574  | Regina Mary | 2002–2010
2010–2011
2011–  | Looe
Relief fleet
Publicity  |
D-575 | Hounslow | 2002–2010
2010–  | Port St Mary
Boarding boat (Porthdinllaen) |
D-576  | Spirit of the Thames | 2002–2010
2010–2015
2015–  | Teddington
Relief fleet
Flood Rescue (FR-05)  | Last EA16 lifeboat

1. ^ Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat.
2. ^ The Op. No. of Boarding boats is changed from D- to BB-

## References

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1. ^ "Lifeboats Online - Boarding Boats". Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
2. ^ "States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service - Inshore Rescue Boats". Retrieved 26 March 2016.
3. ^ Lifeboat Fleet Archive. RNLI HQ, Poole: RNLI. pp. 61–65.
4. ^ Lifeboat Fleet Archive. RNLI HQ, Poole: RNLI. pp. 61–65.
5. ^ Lifeboat Fleet Archive. RNLI HQ, Poole: RNLI. pp. 61–65.

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