RNLI Stromness Lifeboat Station, Orkney, UK
RNLI - Stromness Lifeboat Station
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION
Established in 1867, Stromness Lifeboat Station is one of three all-weather lifeboat stations on Orkney. The station operates a Severn class all-weather lifeboat from Pier Head in the centre of the town
The RNLI was actually founded as the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Lives and Property from Shipwreck in 1824. Thirty years later in 1854, we changed our name to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION - the RNLI - as we are known today.
Having Royal patronage gives gravitas to its cause and is something the RNLI is incredibly proud of and thankful for.
It was its founder, Sir William Hillary’s, aim to provide a 24/7 search and rescue lifeboat service run, where possible, by volunteers and funded by voluntary donations.
Although the service was to be a national service to protect the coasts of the UK and Ireland, Hillary’s vision was to ‘extend its beneficial effects to the most distant shores, and to generations yet unborn.’
It is a charity founded upon and driven by its values of selflessness, courage, dependability and trustworthiness, with volunteers at its heart. Values shared by generations of supporters, who have powered its lifesaving work for almost 200 years.
Volunteers make up 95% of the organisation - ordinary people doing extraordinary things - supported by expert staff, all working together to help communities at home and abroad save lives.
With its wealth of experience and expertise, it is recognized as a world-leading modern emergency service, separate from the coastguard and independent from government.
Shot with iPhone 11
RNLI Stromness Lifeboat Station, Orkney, UK
RNLI - Stromness Lifeboat Station
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION
Established in 1867, Stromness Lifeboat Station is one of three all-weather lifeboat stations on Orkney. The station operates a Severn class all-weather lifeboat from Pier Head in the centre of the town
The RNLI was actually founded as the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Lives and Property from Shipwreck in 1824. Thirty years later in 1854, we changed our name to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION - the RNLI - as we are known today.
Having Royal patronage gives gravitas to its cause and is something the RNLI is incredibly proud of and thankful for.
It was its founder, Sir William Hillary’s, aim to provide a 24/7 search and rescue lifeboat service run, where possible, by volunteers and funded by voluntary donations.
Although the service was to be a national service to protect the coasts of the UK and Ireland, Hillary’s vision was to ‘extend its beneficial effects to the most distant shores, and to generations yet unborn.’
It is a charity founded upon and driven by its values of selflessness, courage, dependability and trustworthiness, with volunteers at its heart. Values shared by generations of supporters, who have powered its lifesaving work for almost 200 years.
Volunteers make up 95% of the organisation - ordinary people doing extraordinary things - supported by expert staff, all working together to help communities at home and abroad save lives.
With its wealth of experience and expertise, it is recognized as a world-leading modern emergency service, separate from the coastguard and independent from government.
Shot with iPhone 11