RNLI Statistics news

Weston RNLI volunteers man busiest lifeboat station on south Bristol Channel

Glyn Hayes

The waters of the Bristol Channel are some of the most dangerous around the UK with very strong tides, shifting sandbanks, large amounts of large commercial shipping and lots of mud. However the lifeboat stations around the Bristol Channel are there to keep people safe – with the busiest in 2011 being Weston-super-Mare RNLI station on Birnbeck Island...

RNLI Queensferry lifeboat is the busiest inshore lifeboat in Scotland in 2011

Hamish Campbell

The RNLI Queensferry lifeboat volunteers had a busy 2011 with 62 launches, rescuing 117 people, making it the busiest inshore lifeboat in Scotland.

The RNLI Queensferry lifeboat crew, who are on-call 24 hours a day, responded to a great variety of emergencies from rescuing a child stranded by the incoming tide, to yachts in difficulty, motor boats suffering engine failure, and saving three men adrift in the water...

Tobermory RNLI all at sea in 2011

Dr Sam Jones

The RNLI’s annual statistics for 2011 have been released. Whilst Tobermory RNLI had a quiet year in terms of 'shouts', the crew accumulated almost 900 hours at sea carrying out rescues or training...

Kent RNLI crews carry out more launches in 2011

Amy Ross

The RNLI’s Kent* volunteer lifeboat crews have carried out 396 launches - an increase of 15 per cent compared to the year before** and rescued 442 people in 2011.
RNLI Margate launched 51 times and rescued 80 people, while Walmer experienced over a 100 per cent increase in call-outs at 38, compared to 16 the year before, rescuing 29 people...

A Dramatic Year of Rescues for Lifeboat Crews & Lifeguards in East Anglia

Amy Ross

The RNLI’s East Anglian* lifeboat crews continue to carry out ever-dramatic rescues**. Last year a Clacton lifeboat crew was called out to save a boy that had drifted out to sea in an inflatable dinghy, while in June West Mersea crew was called out to rescue three cold anglers thrown in to the chilly water of the River Blackwater in Essex after their dinghy had capsized...

Poole RNLI Lifeboat volunteers carry out 141 call-outs in 2011

Anne-Marie Clark

Poole Lifeboat Station has had another busy year and that's official. Although it has been quieter than some, for the station and volunteers it has been just as full-on...

Crosshaven RNLI once again busiest lifeboat in Ireland

Jon Mathers

The Inshore lifeboat and the volunteer crew of Crosshaven RNLI were once again the busiest In Ireland. 2011 statistics released by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution show that the Crosshaven Lifeboat launched on service 46 times in 2011, and assisted 43 people ashore...

Manx lifeboats help RNLI clock up record breaking year

Danielle Rush

The latest figures from the RNLI charity reveal that lifeboat crews across the West Division (Wales & Isle of Man) spent 7,228 hours responding to emergency incidents in 2011 – the most ever. The figure has been gradually increasing since RNLI started calculating how long crew spent on service in 2007...

Record breaking commitment – Welsh RNLI crews spend more time than ever saving lives

Danielle Rush

The latest figures from the RNLI charity reveal that lifeboat crews across Wales spent 6,877 hours responding to emergency incidents in 2011 – the most ever. The figure has been gradually increasing since the RNLI started calculating crew time spent at sea in 2007...

More than 1,000 launches in 2011 for RNLI lifeboats in Scotland

Richard Smith

The RNLI launched, on average, 20 lifeboats in Scotland each week in 2011 according to the charity’s official statistics released today, (Tuesday 7 February).
The charity had another busy year – it was the RNLI’s 6th busiest year in Scotland - with 1,006 launches in Scotland during which 847 people were rescued...