Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 15 November 1994 show that so far during 1994: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 4,390 times (an average of nearly 14 launches a day) 1,264 lives were saved (an average of four a day) Some 4% of all services carried out by lifeboats were in winds of Force 8 and above More than 56% of all services were to pleasure craft (sail, power and manual pleasure craft) There are 280 lifeboats on station To 15 August 1994,126,508 lives have been saved since the RNLI was founded in 1824.

Costs The cost of running the RNLI in 1993 was £46m.

The approximate current cost of building a lifeboat is: 16ft D class inflatable - £11,000 7.5m Atlantic rigid inflatable - £61,250 14m Trent - £1,060,000 17m Severn - £1,410,000.