Category: Lifeboats

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution, along with numerous smaller independent teams, provide volunteers to rescue people at sea and at some inland waterways.

LK18 FVU Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Tractor Unit

LK18 FVU
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Tractor Unit
Used to launch a lifeboat at Bridlington. The combined tractor and trailer is 20m long, 3.5m wide and 4m high. It weighs 37 tonnes and the engine is a 13 litre turbo-charged one. This all combines to a top speed of just 10 mph.

RNLI 17-08 is RNLB Helmut Schroder of Dunlossit

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
17-08 is RNLB Helmut Schroder of Dunlossit II based at Port Askaig on the Isle of Islay, Scotland. The Dunlossits are a wealthy family who have a large estate on the island.

Humber Rescue RIB

Humber Rescue
RIB
Operated by the independent charity that saves lives at sea based under the Humber Bridge