The History of the RNLI

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🗓️ 20 April 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Since its foundation in 1824, the volunteers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have been braving the most savage of elements at sea to rescue sailors in distress. Their work has saved the lives of an estimated 143,000 people and helped many, many thousands more. Funded entirely by charitable donations and staffed primarily by volunteers it is a much loved national institution in the UK and Ireland.

Today, Dan is joined by Mark Wordsworth who spent over a decade as a volunteer crewmember and now serves on the board of the RNLI council. Mark and Dan explore how the RNLI came to be founded, its history and some of its most notable rescues. They also discuss the organisations' ethos, which was set out by its founder Sir William Hillary, and how that continues to shape its work today.

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0:35.0	The Royal National Life Boat Institution, the RNLI,
0:39.0	is one of the most beloved, the most respected
0:42.0	and the most recognized institutions in Britain, Ireland,
0:45.0	with their bold colour scheme, they set out in any weather
0:49.0	to rescue people whose lives are imperiled on the oceans that surround us.
0:54.0	To be British is to love the RNLI.
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1:01.0	plesicle conversation in this country.
1:03.0	People have been taking very small boats, very small boats, indeed,
1:05.0	very dangerous boats from the coast of Europe, France, over here to the English coast.
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