11K views · 258 reactions | The RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) filmed a personal message and sent us a beautiful, framed award to celebrate NSRI's 50th anniversary. The RNLI has been a close friend all these years, sharing their wealth of knowledge and expertise. | NSRI | Facebook

And away they go! For many stations, launching their lifeboat starts with a journey down a slipway before ploughing into the water beneath... We hope you enjoy this trip to Shoreham, The Lizard, Tenby, Cromer, Moelfre and Padstow as they each launch their Tamar class lifeboats! | RNLI

From blueprint to lifeboat, how long does it take a new Shannon class lifeboat to launch? Around 18 months, actually! And our latest Shannon, due to go on service at RNLI Pwllheli Lifeboat / Bad Achub Pwllheli, recently had its first taste of water… | RNLI

We are proud to announce that we have partnered with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), together, supporting the RNLI’s aim of helping to prevent drowning. We will supply cleaning equipment to every one of the RNLI’s 238 lifeboat stations around the UK and Ireland. To launch the partnership together we created large-scale clean art to display a vital lifesaving message to remind the public to ‘Float To Live’ if they find themselves in difficulty in the water. Using high-pressure cle

86K views · 1.7K reactions | 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 | Facebook