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 & 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

Last updated September 29, 2025

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.

Utilization

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

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

D-311 - D-399

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

Op. No.	Name	In service^[4]	Principal Station	Comments
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 Gatti	1993–2004	Relief fleet	Sold to Southport Offshore Rescue Trust in 2005 and on station there until 2016.
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

Op. No.	Name	In Service^[5]	Station	Comments
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	Sold to Duddon Inshore Rescue^[6]
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	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

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

References

↑ "Lifeboats Online - Boarding Boats". Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
↑ "States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service - Inshore Rescue Boats" . Retrieved 26 March 2016.
↑ Lifeboat Fleet Archive. RNLI HQ, Poole: RNLI. pp. 61–65.
↑ Lifeboat Fleet Archive. RNLI HQ, Poole: RNLI. pp. 61–65.
↑ Lifeboat Fleet Archive. RNLI HQ, Poole: RNLI. pp. 61–65.
↑ Fish, Martin. "Duddon Inshore Rescue D Class Lifeboat". Flickr. Retrieved 7 September 2025.

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[3] Op. No. is the RNLI's Operational Number of the boat.

[5] The Op. No. of Boarding boats is changed from D- to BB-

[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.

[4] Lifeboat Fleet Archive. RNLI HQ, Poole: RNLI. pp. 61–65.

[6] Lifeboat Fleet Archive. RNLI HQ, Poole: RNLI. pp. 61–65.

[7] Lifeboat Fleet Archive. RNLI HQ, Poole: RNLI. pp. 61–65.

[D-567-8] Fish, Martin. "Duddon Inshore Rescue D Class Lifeboat". Flickr. Retrieved 7 September 2025.

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