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The Mersey-class Kingdom of Fife will leave Anstruther on Saturday morning after 33 years. (Pic: Anstruther RNLI)

RNLI's Kingdom of Fife lifeboat set to leave Anstruther for retirement

Windsurfer is rescued by RNLI after boom snapped.

Watch: Windsurfer is rescued by RNLI after boom snapped

The peak season has come to an end at five of Fife's six beaches with RNLI Lifeguards posted on them. (Pic: Jaye Mackay)

RNLI Lifeguards around Fife's coast round up a busy summer season on our beaches

The volunteers from Kinghorn RNLI Lifeboat are inviting everyone along to their open day on Saturday, August 10. (Pic: Kirsty McLachlan)

Everyone's invited to join in the fun at RNLI's annual open day

RNLI lifeguard taster sessions will be held at Broughty Ferry and Burntisland in the coming days. (Pic: RNLI/Jaye Mackay)

Chance to experience being an RNLI beach lifeguard at taster sessions

The fundraiser will be part of the celebrations of the Wallace family's 40 years of ownership (Pic: submitted)

Pettycur Bay set for charity fundraiser as park celebrates 40 years of ownership

RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

Watch: Moment RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

Zander and Fletcher Macnamara were the last youngsters to be christened on board Anstruther's Mersey class lifeboat The Kingdom of Fife. Their mum, Lindzi Tarvit, was the first to be christened on the same boat alongside her twin brother Liam. (Pic: Submitted)

Mum and sons are first and last christenings on Anstruther lifeboat

Fife Young Carers is one of the charity's shortlisted in this year's Scottish Charity Awards (pic: Zed McLean)

Fife volunteers and charity shortlisted for the Scottish Charity Awards

Hundreds turned out to line the harbour and welcome the lifeboat home on Sunday. (Pic: Roger Grundy)

Crowds turn out to welcome RNLI's new lifeboat home to Anstruther

Adorable Newfoundland dogs during their water rescue training sessions.

Video: How these giant dogs are trained to save kids from drowning

The Kinghorn RNLI crew will feature on the latest episode of BBC series Saving Lives at Sea. (Pic: Kirsty McLachlan)

Kinghorn lifeboat crew feature in latest episode of BBC's Saving Lives at Sea

Anstruther lifeboat gala, 2010

RNLI 200: Photographs from Anstruther lifeboat station over the years

The service supports people right across the Forth and beyond (Pic: Fife Free Press)

RNLI 200: Kinghorn volunteer crews supporting Fife’s coastal communities

Richard 'Mac' MacDonald, a member of Anstruther's RNLI lifeboat crew, has penned a new verse to the hymn Eternal Father Strong to Save which will be sung at services to mark the charity's 200th anniversary. (Pic: Audrey Peddie)

RNLI 200: Anstruther lifeboat crewman pens new verse to hymn

Fife's young painters are encouraged to take part in the compeition honouring the RNLI (Pic: Submitted)

Fife’s young painters encouraged to celebrate RNLI legacy

Fife’s next generation of painters are being encouraged to “let their imaginations set sail” ahead of the RNLI’s 200th anniversary.

Callum McCormack

RNLI Lifeguards can be found on beaches around Scotland including six in Fife. (Pic: Nick Mailer)

Could you be an RNLI lifeguard on Fife's beaches this summer?

Incredible footage shows rowers rescued by RNLI after being stranded

The contestants at the talent show at Pettcur (Pic: Submitted)

Fife holiday park talent show nets £1000 for two charities

The Christmas market takes place next month (Pic: Pixabay)

Christmas fayre at Fife holiday park to benefit three charities

The RNLI has warned that conditions around coasts could be treacherous as Storm Agnes prepares to hit the country. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK braces as Storm Agnes prepares for landfall

Dolphins swim alongside RNLI lifeboat in Whitby, North Yorkshire.

Watch: Dolphins swim alongside lifeboat off UK seaside town

Over 50 people have been rescued after a migrant boat sunk in the Channel on Saturday morning

Six dead and 50 rescued after migrant boat sinks in Channel

Driver of a van was left red faced after it floated out to sea

You can’t park there: RNLI rush to save van floating out to sea

Paddleboarders sparked a huge rise in call outs to the RNLI (Pic: dimitrisvetsikas1969/Pixabay)

Paddleboarders’ water safety campaign as RNLI lifeguards return to Fife beaches

A teenager has died after getting in to trouble in the sea at Aberavon beach

Boy, 15, dies after getting into difficulty in the sea at Port Talbot

RNLI coastguards with their new apprentice ‘Quackers'

Warning about inflatables as men float out to sea on giant duck

Coastguards have issued a warning about safely using inflatables in the sea after saving two men from a giant duck

Rebecca Braybrook

MV Pentalina had been out of passenger service apart from some brief private contracts since 2019.

Ferry runs aground with baby on board after smoke in engine room

Nicole in full RNLI kit with twin baby girls Marcie and Maeve (Pic: Lynsey Melville Photography)

Fife RNL lifeboat volunteer Nicole celebrates first Mother’s Day with twins

Kinghorn lifeboat

Fundraising roles launched to support RNLI’s work in Fife

A Dover to Calais Irish Ferries passenger vessel carrying almost 200 people was rescued after fire broke out.

Lifeboats launched after fire breaks out on passenger ferry in Channel

The swimmers handed over the cheques on Sunday, 26 February

Wild swimmers hand over vital charity funds from 12-hour marathon dip

The scene in East India Harbour, Greenock

Major search operation resumes after boat capsizes near Greenock

An RNLI life boat arrives back in port after taking part in a rescue mission in the English Channel.

Four people dead after small boat incident in English Channel

Anstruther Harbour

Plans unveiled for changes at Anstruther Harbour

Dolphins spotted in UK waters as pod swim happily alongside RNLI boat - watch video taken of sighting

Dolphins spotted swimming alongside RNLI rescue boat

Eve Ford had her head shaved to raise fund for the RNLI

Fife woman’s head shave raises funds for RNLI

Wild swimming (Pic: TSPL)

Fife wild swimmers plan sunrise to sunset dip around the Kingdom’s coast

The Chariots of Fire Beach Race returned to the West Sands in St Andrews in June this year, with the field of around 600 runners helping the event to raise over £9000 for local charities.

St Andrews' Chariots of Fire Beach Race raises over £9000 for local charities

Jake Muir, RNLI lifeguard, went into the water on a rescue board to assist the paddleboarders.

St Andrews lifeguards rescue paddleboarders struggling to get to shore

The RNLI lifeguards are preparing for busy beaches in St Andrews. (Photo: Nick Mailer / RNLI)

150th Open: RNLI lifeguards on St Andrews beaches increase presence

Aman Sharma, 34, from Edinburgh, drowned in Loch Lubnaig last July despite heroic efforts by a friend to save him

Scotland's drowning rate is the highest in the UK - with July the most deadly mo...

Lifeboat in Anstruther (Pic: RNLI)

10,000 names of loved ones added to Fife lifeboat in RNLI fundraiser

Chariots of Fire (Pic: Enigma Productions)

Hundreds of runners set to recreate iconic Chariots of Fire beach race in St And...

The Chariots Beach Race returns to the West Sands in St Andrews on Sunday, June 5, after a two-year absence.

Sign up for St Andrews beach race inspired by Chariots of Fire movie

The new Shannon class boat is due to arrive on station in 2023

Ad Feature RNLI: Anstruther lifeboat marks 30 years of service

Pic: Kinghorn RNLI

Interactive map shows how many times the RNLI has been called out

Two similar incidents have happened this month. Pic: RNLI/Elie Harbour Lifeguards.

Lifeguards rescue struggling paddleboarders off Fife beach

Burntisland beach (Pic: Fife Photo Agency)

Police warning after 19 cases of trespassing on main Fife rail line in seaside t...

Kinghorn lifeboat crews assist at the rescue after the man went overboard (Pic: Kinghorn RNLI)

Lifeboat crew scrambled after man overboard off Burntisland

Credit: Fife Jammers Locations

Rescue mission launched after man overboard in the Forth

Cramond Island: RNLI called out three times in one day as they urge the public to take care

RNLI called out three times in one day as they urge the public to take care

Kinghorn RNLI

Donate price of ticket appeal to help Kirkcaldy RNLI fundraiser as concert cance...

Kinghorn RNLI: Two men in inflatable kayak capsize in the Firth of Forth

Watch: Two men in inflatable kayak capsize in the Firth of Forth

Dr Emma King of the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit at the University of Stirling,

New study on children admitted to A&E in Fife hospitals seeks parents’ views