Lifeboats
How RNLI Funding Works
Legacies, donations and fundraising keep the lifeboats afloat, while HM Coastguard is paid for by government: a plain guide to who funds what.
By the editors2 min read
Lifeboats and Rescue
How lifeboats and search and rescue work around the UK coast: the boats, the crews, the Coastguard and what happens when the pagers go. Every guide lists the sources it was checked against.
Lifeboats
RNLI vs HM Coastguard
One is a government service that runs the rescue, the other a charity that crews the lifeboats: how they fit together after a single call.
By the editors3 min read
Lifeboats
Inside a Lifeboat Launch
From the Coastguard's request to the final radio call back at the station, the chain of decisions behind every RNLI lifeboat launch.
By the editors3 min read
From the station archive
The whole archive
Station archive · Call Reports
1st and 2nd shouts of the year for Littlehampton RNLI
After a quiet start to the year Littlehampton’s lifeboats were called out in the early hours of Saturday morning for the first two shouts of 2025.…
Station archive · Call Reports
4 Shouts in 3 Days for Littlehampton RNLI
Littlehampton Lifeboat crews have had a busy few days on the water with four call outs in three days and a hectic and fun packed open weekend at the…
Station archive · News
A fond farewell to Littlehampton Lifeboat Helm – Paul James
From all at Littlehampton Lifeboat Station, we would like to wish our Crew member and D class Helm Paul James and his Wife Sarah all the best with…
Station archive
How Things Happen
The RNLI appoints a Lifeboat Operations Manager to manage each lifeboat station, and he takes full responsibility for operational activities at that…
Station archive
The Lifeboats
Station archive
Atlantic 75 Lifeboat – ‘Blue Peter 1′
Blue Peter I is an Atlantic 75 lifeboat, the successor to the RNLI’s original Atlantic 21 class. A little larger – 38cm longer and 20cm broader than…
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