RNLI Heritage and history news

Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat station launches new book on its 150 years of gallantry

Bláthnaid Lane Walsh

Derek Davis, journalist and broadcaster, was guest of honour last night (Wednesday, 1 July 2009) at the launch of a book on the gallantry of lifeboat crewmembers over 150 years at Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat station.

First established in 1858, the station has a long and proud history of rescuing those in peril off the coast of County Cork...

Planning permission granted for new RNLI lifeboat station at The Lizard

Tamsin Thomas

Cornwall planners have given the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) the go ahead for a replacement lifeboat station at Kilcobben Cove on the Lizard. The charity needs the purpose built facility to house a new Tamar class all-weather lifeboat and to ensure its life saving role can continue in the area for many years to come...

North Wales RNLI volunteers are awarded

Danielle Rush

Eight dedicated Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) volunteers have been honoured for their long service and commitment to the lifesaving charity.
RNLI volunteers from Bangor, Rhyl, Llanfairfechan, Corwen and Llandudno attended the RNLI’s annual presentation of awards at the Oriel House in St Asaph...

Moose International Blandford makes donation to RNLI Memorial Garden

Julia Sylvester

Moose International Blandford has made a considerable donation of £250, to the reception team of RNLI Poole headquarters towards the RNLI Memorial garden where the public can sit and contemplate the extraordinary self-sacrifice of the many people involved with the charity.
The national tribute, a memorial sculpture, will be located at the RNLI’s Poole headquarters, opposite The Lifeboat College, ‘home of the RNLI’, where hundreds of future generations of lifesavers and fundraisers will train, and be further inspired by the memorial...

Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat station launches a book on its history

Bláthnaid Lane Walsh

Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat station launches a book on its history entitled Ballycotton Lifeboats, 150 Years of Gallantry, by Nicholas Leach and Brendan O’Driscoll.
On 1 July at 8 pm Mr...

Bradford RNLI branch celebrates 150 years of helping to save lives at sea

Alison Levett

Bradford RNLI Branch is holding a special celebratory flag day on Saturday (13 June) to mark 150 years of fundraising in the city for the lifeboat charity.
As part of the celebrations, a recently-restored 100-year-old Whitby lifeboat, the William Riley, will be in Centenary Square in the city centre, along with RNLI displays and collectors...

RNLI Salcombe Lifeboat crew remembers D-Day landings

Richard Selby

RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew members from Salcombe joined war veterans and members of The Royal British Legion on Thursday 4th June 2009 to remember the D-Day landings of 1944.
The parade, lead by volunteer lifeboat crew member Lt Cdr Andrew Arthur R...

North Wales RNLI volunteer snaps up top photographic award

Danielle Rush

Robin Goodlad, senior helmsman at Aberdovey RNLI lifeboat station, has been awarded the Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society, for his impressive images of the work of the lifesaving charity in action. His portfolio contains images of RNLI lifeboats from Aberdovey and Barmouth and the charity’s Flood Rescue Team...

Help needed at RNLI Grace Darling Museum

Alison Levett

Volunteers are needed to help run the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) Grace Darling Museum in Bamburgh.
Since opening at the end of 2007, the museum has welcomed more than 90,000 visitors and has been enjoyed by holidaymakers, families, school groups and history groups...

Mumbles RNLI crew bid a sad farewell to former Coxswain

Danielle Rush

Alan ‘Tudy’ Jones, who first joined the RNLI in 1957, passed away on Tuesday evening. He will be sadly missed by long-standing RNLI volunteers, who have fond memories of him running through the village summoning crew to call-outs, long before modern pagers were introduced...