Collocations for lifeboat - noun

motor
inshore, offshore (both BrE)

get into, man, take to
The crew took to the lifeboats.

call out (BrE)
The lifeboat was called out five times in the January storms.

launch

be stationed … (BrE)
The lifeboat is stationed just along the coast from here.

service (BrE)
crew (BrE)
station

aboard a/the lifeboat, on board a/the lifeboat
two survivors on board the lifeboat

in a/the lifeboat, on a/the lifeboat
There was only room for ten people in the lifeboat.

Lifeboat is used before these nouns:
crew, station