Blue Peter III was one of four D class inflatables which were funded by the TV program 'Blue Peter1 in the 1960s and subsequently replaced in 1972 and 1984 after further appeals.

The class was developed in 1963 after consultation with French lifesaving organisations which were operating Zodiac inflatable boats.

Type D class Inshore Lifeboat Built 1967 Length 16ft Stationed at North Berwick, Trearddur Bay, Scarborough, Little and Broad Haven and Margate.

Blue Peter III is the centre of a display which traces the links between the RNLI and the popular TV program, culminating in the recent appeal which also funded a new Trent class lifeboat..