2002 Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards Another busy year for the RNLI saw crews answer 6,882 calls and rescue 6,918 people.
Education and safety work is starting to show results and successful trial schemes...
Category: Meetings
LAST Christmas a number of life-boats again took out Christmas parcels from their towns to men on neighbouring lightships. The Weymouth life-boat took them to the Shambles, Selsey to the Owers, Barry Dock to the Breaksea, Margate to the...
Category: Articles
WHEN the Institution's President, H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, returned from her visit to Malaya at the begin- ning of December 1952, the Institu- tion sent to her the following telegram, signed by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., K.B.E.,...
Category: Correspondence
It is not often that a champion fighter pilot asks to look round one of our life-boats. In this picture, taken some time ago, but only recently made available to THE LIFE-BOAT, Group Captain Douglas Bader, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., the legless... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Royal wish fulfilled When Her Royal Highness Princess Anne named Southendon- Sea's new Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat last May, she confided in broadcaster Raymond Baxter, chairman of the RNLI's public relations committee,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
RNLI supporters in the UK can now stay connected with lifeboat launches on their mobile phones.
Choose your favourite stations and receive an SMS message once the lifeboat has launched on emergency...
Category: Articles
We had so much fun at fundraising events around the UK and RoI over the Summer, we had to share some of the photos with you!
Thank you so much to everyone who took part or donated. To find out what’s coming up over the...
Category: Articles
The RNLI took on the running of Cowes Lifeboat Station on the Isle of Wight in 2008. Based in a small, temporary facility within Shepards Wharf Marina, Cowes lifeboat launched 41 times last year and rescued 49 people.
Now,...
Category: Articles
He has taken on some of the most powerful sportsmen on the planet, but when it came to tackling the water, England rugby star James Haskell had to admit defeat.
James put his weight behind the launch of Respect the Water,...
Category: Articles
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