Today marks the 249th birthday of Sir William Hillary, the founder of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. In 1823 Sir William made an impassioned appeal to the nation, calling for a service dedicated to saving lives at sea, and in 1824 the RNLI was founded. | RNLI

Lifeboat teams made an extraordinary rescue after a person got into trouble attempting to sail to a Scottish island on an inflatable mattress. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Queensferry crew were called at around 9:18am on Sunday to reports of the individual stranded in 7C waters off the east of Cramond Island in the Firth of Forth. Crew members raced to the area and recovered the person, who had been on the icy water for nearly 90 minutes. They were then transferred to paramedic

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On this day in 1899, one of the RNLI's most arduous rescues took place in Lynmouth when conditions prevented the crew from launching their lifeboat. But Coxswain Jack Crocombe refused to give up and came up with a valiant plan to haul the lifeboat over 13 gruelling miles to launch... | RNLI

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is celebrating saving 146,277 lives as it marks its 200th anniversary. A service of thanksgiving is being held on Monday at Westminster Abbey with representatives from the charity from across the UK and Ireland attending. In total, 146,277 lives have been saved by the RNLI – an average of two lives saved every day for 200 years. One measure of the mettle of those so many owe their lives to is, by way of example, Whitby’s lifeboat station. Over the y

Here's a sneak peek on how the #FloatToLive lean art has been pressure washed onto the wall of Brighton Marina. Proud partners of Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). #RNLI | Kärcher