Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 2 November 1993 show that so far during 1993: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 3,896 times (an average of 7 launches a day) 879 lives have been saved (an average of nearly 3 a day) More than 3% of all services carried out by lifeboats were in winds of Force 8 and above Nearly 55% of all services were to pleasure craft (sail, power and manual pleasure craft) There are 271 lifeboats on station, with a further 93 in the relief fleet.

To 2 November 1993,124,817 lives have been saved since the RNLI was founded in 1824.

Costs The cost of running the RNLI in 1992 was £48m.

The approximate current cost of building a lifeboat is: 16ft D class inflatable £11,000 7.5m Atlantic rigid inflatable - £61,000 14m Trent - £1,025,000 17m Severn - £1,380,000.