Preserved D-112 Blue Peter III
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Class overview | |
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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".