Category: Lifeboats

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
D-class lifeboat Warter Priory based at Whitby

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Shannon-class lifeboat Lois Ivan based at Whitby

HG56 LNX
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Land Rover Defender

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
D-736
This small D-class craft is based at Amble and seen here at near-by Alnmouth for a community event

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Whitby’s inshore and full-sized lifeboats on a training exercise in the North Sea

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.

WA11 EUR
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Tooltrack tractor unit
Used to launch a D-class lifeboat at Bridlington

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
D-class lifeboat based at Bridlington

CU56 FHH
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Tractor Unit
Used to launch and retrieve Conwy’s lifeboat

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
RNLB Bingo Lifeline, based at Conwy

HG59 NZW
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Mitsubishi L200
Based at Moelfre lifeboat station, Anglesey

HN63 OSO
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Mercedes Sprinter
Rescue Support Vehicle

HF58 BVD
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Land Rover Defender
Used to tow a rescue boat

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Trent Class
Whitby’s lifeboat RNLB George and Mary Webb

HF11 AHA
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Land Rover Defender
Flood Rescue Team spotted at Overeater Marina in Cheshire

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.

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Tyne Class
RNLB City of Sheffield. This vessel was retired in 2016 from Poole after saving 650 lives in a 15-year career. It is now in preservation at the National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield, perversely 60 miles from the sea.

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

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Suzuki Jimny

T777 HRL
Humber Rescue
Land Rover Defender

Roy Barker I
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Trent Class
Alderney’s lifeboat. A lifeboat has been based at Alderney since 1984. Prior to this, there was a 100 year gap since a lifeboat was based on this small Channel Island.

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Inshore Lifeboat D-686 D Class
Peter Downes

HG55 GUA
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Land Rover Defender
Used for launching Seahouses’ IRB

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Mersey Class lifeboat
Grace Darling, based at Seahouses

L784 JNT
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Talus MB-H
Seahouses’ tractor unit. The is used for launching the Mersey class all-weather Lifeboat. The Tractor is fully waterproof and is controlled by a joystick. The vehicle weighs 19 tonnes.

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Tooltrak
Tractor unit making its way down the slipway to retrieve Craster’s IRB and returning it to the lifeboat station

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
D-Class
Joseph Hughes Inshore rescue boat returning to Craster harbour on the Northumberland coast

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat (ILB)
Named David Page and stationed at St Helier since entering service in January 2007

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Atlantic 85-Class inshore rescue boat B-825 Norma Ethel Vinall. Built in 2008, it is part of the relief fleet.

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat named The Will seen here based at North Shields, Tyne and Wear.