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The new Liverpool Class Newbiggin lifeboat Richard Ashley is towed out of the shallows by the Lifeboat Station tractor after its arrival by sea. 3rd August 1950

The Seaton Sluice inshore rescue boat shortly after being launched. 8th June 1974

A new lifeboat, the W. Ross MacArthur of Glasgow, destined for St Abbs Head Lifeboat Station in Berwickshire, Scotland, is delivered overland by road from Southampton to Walker, Newcastle Upon Tyne

The newly repaired Liverpool Class Newbiggin lifeboat Richard Ashley is hauled on to its cradle by a tractor as children and residents of the village crowd around to greet her arrival back

The naming ceremony for the new Newbiggin lifeboat Richard Ashley at Newbiggin on the Northumberland coast. A general view of the ceremony in progress, watched by a large crowd. 30th June 1951

The new Oakley class lifeboat Mary Joicey is launched only two hours after being delivered at Newbiggin from the builders yard in Fife, Scotland

The Redcar lifeboat Zetland, the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world built by Henry Greathead of South Shields in 1800, currently preserved at the Zetland Lifeboat Museum in Redcar

The Newbiggin lifeboat Richard Ashley being towed back into the Lifeboat House after being slightly damaged while being launched to go to the assistance of the trawler Green Pastures which ran into

Hoylake lifeboat displayed on Hoylake beach on the Wirral, Merseyside, for the RNLI Open Day. 26th August 1991

The prototype of an experimental rescue craft with which the RNLI will be carrying out trials during the next few months has been built by Messrs Souter & Sons Cowes Ltd

Coxswain of the Moelfre Bay Lifeboat Station in Anglesey, NorthWales for the last 15 years William Roberts at the helm of the new Tyne class lifeboat Robert

The RNLIs new prototype life-boat was demonstrated today at Littlehampton, helmed by coxswain Roy Harding. 19th April 1971

The new Dover lifeboat Sir William Hillary pictured at full speed during trials in the English Channel, shortly before being christened by the Prince of Wales. 8th July 1930

The motor lifeboat Edmund and Mary Robinson, the new £6
The motor lifeboat Edmund and Mary Robinson, the new £ 6, 000 motor lifeboat presented to New Brighton Lifeboat Station by Mrs Mary Robinson

The Oakley class All weather Rhyl lifeboat Har Lil on patrol in the waters around North Wales and Liverpool. 13th December 1975

The Rhyl Lifeboat Caroline Richardson being launched in the presence of thousands of visitors. It is believed to be the only bottomless Lifeboat in the Kingdom

A new rescue craft was tested at Littlehampton, Sussex, Wednesday 17th April, 1963. It 13 the R.F.D. " Zodiac" - a high speed inflatable all weather craft powered by an outboard engine

Lieutenant Commander G. R. Cousins of the Royal Navy (in front of boat), today inspected the Rhyl lifeboat. This boat is the only one of its kind in the world and is un-capsizable

Two early reminders of RhylOs proud life-saving tradition have been found after spending decades hidden under a carpet. The two metal signs, with the words RNLI Lifeboat Station

The new Hoylake lifeboat Oldham IV arrives at Hoylake Lifeboat Station after the 500 mile trip from Cowes on the Isle of Wight

RNLB Thomas and Annie Wade Richards, the Llandudno lifeboat. 8th June 1935

The crew of the RNLB Oldham wheel the lifeboat down the beach at Hoylake Lifeboat Station on the Wirral, Merseyside. 9th October 1931

The RNLB lifeboat Oldham IV on the slipway at Hoylake Lifeboat Station. 26th June 1967

Wing Commander Sir Kenneth Maxwell Stoddart, the distinguished Battle of Britain Pilot born in Liverpool, meets the Hoylake lifeboat crew in his role as Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside at the Hoylake

Coxswain John Bird after the 500 mile trip from Cowes on the Isle of Wight, seen here directing the new Hoylake lifeboat Oldham IV onto a carriage, 1952

The Hoylake reserve lifeboat Maria Stephenson returning after tests on the new Caterpillar Tractor. 11th July 1928

Eight year old Paul Adams on the shoulders of his uncle Reg Birtall at the Hoylake lifeboat station. 23rd August 1982

Hoylake lifeboat, which went aground shortly after being launched to go to the aid of a vessel on fire in the entrance to the Mersey, is here seen being drawn back on to its trailer by a tractor

The Mersey Class RNLB lifeboat "Lady Of Hilbre"
The Mersey Class RNLB lifeboat " Lady Of Hilbre" at Hoylake Lifeboat Station on the Wirral, Merseyside. 30th August 1992

The new lifeboat Lil Cunningham is launched at Rhyl Lifeboat Station in North Wales. 30th September 1992

The new Seaham Harbour lifeboat Howard D prepares to sail out of her harbour on her practice trip with replacement crew after the loss of the last boat and crew in the recent gales 28th November 1962

A lifeboat at Shoreham Harbour Lifeboat Station. 14th September 1933

New Seaham lifeboat crew left to right: Captain R. Muir, Captain R. Mallan, Second Cox. M. Green, Spare Hand, J. Finlay Second Bowman, Captain R. Hudson, E. Brown, Bowman, A

Hobby Lifeboat. 22nd January 1970

Members of the Worthing Rescue Committee take a trip on the Thames after the launching ceremony of the Kenneth and Gerald Lifeboat by the Mayoress of Worthing, Mrs Hawkins. 4th April 1933

Broughty Ferry lifeboat station in Dundee. Left to right: John Robertson (Deck Hand), Alex Dorward (Bowman) and Alec Gall (Deck Hand) on board the Broughty Lifeboat. 9th February 1960

The Mumbles lifeboat crew. They were awarded a gold medal, two bronze medals and five vellums for the rescue of a Canadian frigate

Life can be hectic for Willie MacLean. In there course of one day, he could need all this gear. For 25 -year-old Willie is a Jack-of-all-trades in Castlebay on the island of Barra, Inverness-shire

A 100 year old lifeboat which plucked troops from the Dunkirk beaches and rescued downed airmen from the English Channel during World War Two will start life afresh as a museum piece

Lifeboat crew at Gorleston-on-Sea station on the Norfolk coast. Circa 1965

The "Lady Launchers "of Dungeness, Kent, have - by tradition - for
The " Lady Launchers " of Dungeness, Kent, have - by tradition - for generations turned out night and day, in storms and fog, to help launch the lifeboat Mabel. E

The Scarborough lifeboat Herbert Joy 2nd is launched to go to the assistance of three small fishing craft, the Premier, Sceptre and B.S. Colling, which were out when a very heavy sea sprang up

The Lowescroft lifeboat the Agnes Cross out on exercises as part of her routine monthly maintenance checks. Here she is pictured leaving Lowestoft Station under sail and engine power

A lifeboat in ice floes near Skegness. 3rd March 1947

The largest self-righting lifeboat to be built for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, was tested at Portsmouth today. It was the 48ft

A lifeboat makes a sea rescue at Torquay on the South Devon coast. 26th March 1932

Launch and christening ceremony of the new motor lifeboat "J W Archer"
Launch and christening ceremony of the new motor lifeboat " J W Archer" at North Gare Station in Newcastle presented by Mr. J. W. Archer of Bournemouth and bearing his name. 14th July 1925

Coxswain Tom Patton and engineer Bob Taylor assisting in the launch of a lifeboat at Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire. 24th November 1951

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