Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 15 February 1995 show that during 1994: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 6,092 times (an average of more than 16 launches a day) 1,621 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 54% of all services were to pleasure craft (sail, power and manual pleasure craft) There are 281 lifeboats on station To 15 February 1995,126,796 lives have been saved since the RNLI was founded in 1824.

Costs The cost of running the RNLI in 1994 was £56m.

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.