The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest of the lifeboat services operating around the coasts of the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, as well as on some inland waterways.

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and flood rescue.

The RNLI save lives by providing a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service, seasonal lifeguards, water safety initiatives, and international support.

Powered primarily by kind donations, our search and rescue service has been saving lives for 200 years. We are a charity founded upon and driven by our values of selflessness, courage, dependability and trustworthiness, with volunteers at our heart.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is an agency which rescues people at sea in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, as well as on some large rivers. The RNLI is a charity.

Nov 28, 2024 · The Royal National Lifeboat Institution was founded 200 years ago in a London tavern, and has gone on to save nearly 150,000 lives at sea.

Mar 4, 2024 · Two-hundred years ago, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution charity was created. The service's motto is "saving lives at sea", but its beginnings were very much on dry land - right in the...

Jul 10, 2024 · Two lifeboats were lost and 27 men drowned – the worst tragedy to befall the RNLI in its history, and a national disaster. If lifeboat design could be improved, then it must; the institution decided it needed outside expert help.

The Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (RNIPLS) was founded in March 1824. [1] The RNIPLS provided lifeboats to local committees, the Coastguard and harbour authorities. The Duke of Northumberland financed a competition for a …

Mar 4, 2024 · Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) crews on the south coast of England maintain the same life-saving motivation as its founder 200 years ago, its chief executive has said. Based in Poole,...