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Our lifeboats and lifeboat stations

RNLI lifeboat crews protect hundreds of communities around the UK and Ireland through our 24-hour search and rescue service. To do so, they rely on the safest, most reliable lifeboats and modern stations to launch from.
A group shot of Anstruther lifeboat volunteers with their supporting families and community

Photo: RNLI / Nigel Millard

About our lifeboats
Hoylake’s Shannon class lifeboat, Edmund Hawthorn Micklewood 13-06, being recovered by her launch and recovery tractor, Roland Hough
Our lifeboat fleet
With an active fleet of 349 lifeboats, we can reach people in all kinds of situations.
About our lifeboats
See how we do it
Launch of Cosandra 13-12; the first Shannon class lifeboat to be built at our All-weather Lifeboat Centre
Building our lifeboats
Our lifeboats are built, repaired and maintained to the highest standards.
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About our stations
View from inside Moelfre Lifeboat Station of the station’s Tamar class lifeboat, Kiwi 16-25, being recovered up the slipway
Our lifeboat stations
Our 238 lifeboat stations protect and launch our lifeboats and house our crews.
About our stations
Check our latest launches
Aran Islands RNLI’s Severn class lifeboat, David Kirkaldy 17-06, powering through rough seas
Latest lifeboat launches
With an average of 24 callouts a day, there's most likely a lifeboat out right now.
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Find out how
Lifeboat crew self-righting a D class lifeboat in RNLI College’s wave tank
Lifeboat crew training
RNLI training turns willing volunteer lifeboat crew into competent RNLI lifesavers.
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Lifeboat volunteers need your help right now

Our crews are facing their toughest Christmas ever. Call outs are increasing, but RNLI income has gone down. And people are still getting into danger in the water. It’s a Perfect Storm. But you can help them through it with a donation today.