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“With courage, nothing is impossible.” (Sir William Hillary, founder)

“With courage, nothing is impossible.” (Sir William Hillary, founder). Saving lives at sea since 1824 .

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“With courage, nothing is impossible.” (Sir William Hillary, founder)

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  1. “With courage, nothing is impossible.” (Sir William Hillary, founder)

  2. Saving lives at sea since 1824 ​The RNLI has saved more than 140,000 lives since its foundation in 1824 as the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck. The name was changed to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1854, and cork lifejackets were first issued to crew members in the same year. The 20th century saw the RNLI continue to save lives at sea through two world wars. Lifeboats moved from sail and oar power to petrol and diesel, and the first women joined their crews. Recent years have seen a significant expansion of the service, with the introduction of RNLI lifeguards and the first lifeboat station on an inland waterway, both in 2001.

  3. National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck founded by Sir William Hillary 1824

  4. 1785 Lionel Lukin built the first unimmergible boat – no pictures survive.

  5. The loss of the ‘Adventure’ near the mouth of the Tyne.

  6. Blyth fishermen

  7. Blyth harbour 1830’s

  8. William & Grace Darling setting out to rescue the SS Forfarshire 1838

  9. William and Grace return with survivors

  10. First life jackets 1854

  11. First cork life jacket 1854

  12. 1861 Whitby lifeboat survivor Henry Freeman.

  13. “Zetland” – the oldest lifeboat is retired from service 1880.

  14. “Zetland” today in Redcar, Teesside.

  15. 1884 RNLI flag designed.

  16. 1890 First steam-driven life boat ‘The Duke of Northumberland.’

  17. Horse-launched lifeboats redundant

  18. 1940 RNLI involved in evacuation of Dunkirk

  19. 1963 inflatable lifeboats introduced.

  20. 1969 first woman joins a lifeboat crew.

  21. 2009 new RNLI memorial.

  22. RNLI Today • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C7hDekVOdQ

  23. “Train one, save many.”

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