Dungeness RNLI honoured with visit from Chelsea Pensioners

Volunteer crewmember Natalie Adams gave a presentation and showed videos of their Shannon class lifeboat together with the history of the Dungeness lifeboats and their lady launchers.

Trevor Bunney, station mechanic and second coxswain at the station showed the distinguished guests around the Shannon class lifeboat 13-02 ‘The Morrell’

Chelsea pensioner Mac McQueen of the Royal Artillery was particularly interested, as he is an active fundraiser for the RNLI.

Captain of Invalids No.1 Company, Captain George Cochlan thanked the RNLI volunteers for a fantastic and enlightening visit.

The Royal Hospital Chelsea has raised money in the past for a lifeboat at Chiswick RNLI on the Thames, called The Chelsea Pensioner (E003).

RNLI media contacts

· Judith Richardson, Dungeness RNLI Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer on 07859264226 Email: [email protected]

· Paul Dunt, RNLI Press Officer (London/East/South East) on 0207 6207416, 07786 668825, [email protected]

· For enquiries outside normal business hours, contact the RNLI duty press officer on 01202 336789

Key facts about the RNLI

The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,000 lives.

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