D class

The D class has been the workhorse of the service for 40 years. It is small and highly manoeuvrable, making it ideal for rescues close to shore in fair to moderate conditions. It has a single outboard engine and can be righted manually by the crew following a capsize. The design of the D class has continued to evolve since its introduction. The details given are for the latest version that was introduced in 2003.

Stations using a D class Lifeboat

Please select oneAberdeen, GrampianAldeburgh, SuffolkAlderney, Alderney (CI)Amble, NorthumberlandBarmouth, GwyneddBarrow, CumbriaBlackpool, LancashireBlackpool, LancashireBridlington, East Yorkshire Broughty Ferry (Dundee), TaysideBurnham-on-CrouchBurry Port, CamarthenshireCalshot, HantsCampbeltown, StrathclydeCardigan, CardiganshireClacton-on-Sea, EssexCleethorpes, North Lincolnshire Clifden, GalwayConwy, ConwyCourtown, WexfordCraster, NorthumberlandCromer, NorfolkDun Laoghaire, DublinDunbar, LothianEastbourne, East SussexExmouth, South DevonFenit, KerryFethard, WexfordFiley, North Yorkshire Fishguard, PembrokeshireFleetwood, LancashireFlint, FlintshireFowey, CornwallHastings, East SussexHolyhead, AngleseyHorton and Port Eynon, SwanseaHowth, DublinIlfracombe, North DevonKippford, Dumfries and GallowayLarne, AntrimLooe, CornwallLough Swilly (Buncrana), DonegalMablethorpe, Lincolnshire Margate, KentMinehead, SomersetMoelfre, AngleseyMorecambe, LancashireNewcastle, DownPenarth, Vale of GlamorganPort Isaac, CornwallPort St Mary, Isle of ManPort TalbotPortrush, Co. AntrimPortsmouth, HantsPwllheli, GwyneddRedcarRock, CornwallScarborough, North Yorkshire Seahouses, NorthumberlandSelsey, West SussexSheerness, KentShoreham Harbour, West SussexSkegness, Lincolnshire South Broads, Oulton Broad, SuffolkSouthend-on-SeaSt Agnes, CornwallSt Davids, PembrokeshireSt Ives, CornwallStranraer, Dumfries and GallowaySwanage, DorsetTeddington, MiddlesexTenby, PembrokeshireTorbay, South DevonTrearddur Bay, AngleseyWalmer, KentWellsWest Kirby, MerseysideWeston-super-MareWexfordWicklow, WicklowWithernsea, East Yorkshire