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    A cry for help

    Aug 15, 2019 6 minutes

    MIKE TAYLOR is an established boat and car journalist. His career began in 1979 and he’s written for a range of publications

    As a maritime nation rescuing lives in peril from the sea around our shores has been a primary objective for centuries and came sharply into focus during the 1800s when several boats were built specifically for the task. In 1824 the National Institution for the Preservation of Lives from Shipwreck was inaugurated and the following year, 15 lifeboats were built under their stewardship.

    Today, the RNLI is a hugely impressive organisation, with 238 lifeboat stations and 431 lifeboats. To get an idea of its size, in 2018 RNLI craft were launched 8,964 times rescuing 9,412 people. Yet, the organisation remains a charity, totally dependent on the benevolence of the general public, funded entirely by donations. Today, the RNLI utilises the latest technology to achieve its objectives and is well advanced with the introduction of its new all-weather Shannonclass lifeboat programme, built at their impressive Poole

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