RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea

The difference you made in 2017

22 PEOPLE AIDED A DAY BY LIFEBOAT CREWS

753K+ YOUNG PEOPLE REACHED WITH SAFETY TIPS

24K+ PEOPLE AIDED BY RNLI LIFEGUARDS

8,436 LIFEBOAT LAUNCHES

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Our lifeguards patrol over 240 beaches across the UK and Channel Islands

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Inspirational lifesavers - part 2

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Water women of the world

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Latest lifeboat launches

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Tobermory Lifeboat Station RNLI Tobermory Lifeboat Station

RNLI Tobermory Lifeboat Station

Tobermory Lifeboat Station

2.16pm 23 June 2018

Tobermory Lifeboat Station RNLI Tobermory Lifeboat Station

RNLI Tobermory Lifeboat Station

Tobermory Lifeboat Station

2.12pm 23 June 2018

Clacton-on-Sea Lifeboat Station RNLI Clacton-on-Sea Lifeboat Station

RNLI Clacton-on-Sea Lifeboat Station

Clacton-on-Sea Lifeboat Station

2.06pm 23 June 2018

Hayling Island Lifeboat Station Hayling Lifeboat station

Hayling Lifeboat station

Hayling Island Lifeboat Station

1.57pm 23 June 2018

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