Shoreham Harbour's D class inflatable lifeboat on exercise. Inflatable lifeboats have been stationed at Shoreham for the summer season, from April to October, since 1967. In that time they have launched 450 times anil rescued 233 people. The photograph was taken by Peter Hadfield.

There tire 92 D class inflatable lifeboats in the RNLI's station fleet: 25 of them are operational all the year round and 67 during the summer season onlv..