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In 2025, RNLI volunteers launched on lifesaving missions all over the UK and Ireland - from Fraserburgh to Newhaven, Happisburgh to Barry Dock. This compilation brings together some of the year’s powerful, real rescue footage, captured by our brave crews. Watch how…

Follow every stage of the build of a RNLI Shannon class lifeboat. From laying the SPRINT™ composite material into the hull and wheelhouse moulds, all the way through to the first launch and sea trials. You’ll see how these incredible all-weather lifeboats…

Climb aboard this powerful inshore lifeboat with RNLI Sea Survival Trainer Matias Wapinski as he puts a B class Atlantic 85 through its paces. See all the fantastic features of this lifesaving RIB - discover its top speed thanks to the twin…

As we commemorated 200 years of saving lives in 2024, lifeboat crews and lifeguards across the UK and Ireland launched to the rescue. Across 238 lifeboat stations and 239 lifeguarded beaches, we were ready to help those lives in danger at sea.…

For the past two centuries, RNLI lifeboat crews have been launching to the rescue. In all weathers, at any time of day or night. And some of these rescues have been caught on camera. So it's time to enjoy a 200-year mega…

It’s one of the most frightening places on the planet – the North Sea. Rough seas, storm-force winds and freezing temperatures. How do you save lives in such a treacherous patch of water? This is a challenge the RNLI has to be…

Monday 31 October 2022. A yacht is taking on water off the coast of Cornwall. Penlee lifeboat crew launch to the rescue. 7m waves. 100mph wind. 8 people in danger. What happens next is the latest in a long history of incredible…

Throughout our 200 years of lifesaving, a lot has changed, including our lifeboats. From the rowing and sailing lifeboats of our early days, to the modern RNLI fleet today, take a look at how far we’ve come since our founding in 1824.…

When the pager sounds, our crews don't know what they'll be responding to - it could be anything from rescuing a dog that has slipped down a cliff, to a huge tanker drifting in storm force conditions. Storms are particularly volatile and…

Hear from Lifeboat Crew Member Chris as he talks about his experience of the crew training at the RNLI Sea Survival Centre in Poole, and the lifesaving skills he learned. Watch him take on capsize drills, storm simulations and the high jump…