I have just visited the RAF Museum at Hendon which has two of these craft on display outside in the open. While chatting with the restoration team on my visit, they said they may try to have these craft displayed in a covered area in the future to prevent the ravages of weather. At present they are on cradles and not in their natural environment i.e Afloat on water! so they tend to dry out which affects the integrity of the hull planking. The ones at the Museum are the same as the craft pictured, i.e. one is a 'Target towing launch' and the other a 'General service pinnace'. Another recent addition to the Museum is the 'Sea plane tender' which paid a visit to Newhaven during early May 2010, and which is now being made ready to place alongside the 'Sunderland flying boat' in one of the display halls at the Museum. Hendon is an excellent museum which is well worth a visit.

I'm pleased I found these photographs and information as I used to serve on these air sea rescue boats while serving in the RAF from 1968-1973 at RAF Mountbatten, Plymouth, 1151 M.C.U  Malta and Alnes in Scotland. This made my day.

The RTTL shown in the picture was refitted and posted to Gibraltar in '71 or '2 , she joined 2753 there, I was a electrician in Gib from 1970 to 73. She was the boat that sank in the Med a few years later, 'allegedly' her hull collapsed. Much more likely she caught a semi submerged container, we had several close calls with them during my time there.