'Man overboard!' Watch as the volunteer crew from Littlehampton RNLI Lifeboat Station practice a man overboard scenario using a throw bag and training mannequin to simulate a casualty recovery 🌊 [Visual description: Rescue footage from the point of view of an RNLI crew member, that shows four crew members onboard a D class lifeboat, throwing a tow line through rough seas and then pulling a training mannequin on board.] | RNLI

The Rohilla rescue took place over three days during World War I, starting on 30 October 1914. The hospital ship was enroute to help the wounded at Dunkirk when she hit rocks off Whitby. What followed is a remarkable story of endurance, involving seven lifeboats from four stations. 84 people were lost, 145 were saved. Incredibly, one of the nurses saved, Mary Kezia Roberts, had also been rescued from the Titanic. During the War we launched 1,808 times. Watch to learn about just some of these ama

The wonderful crew at Whitby RNLI lifeboat are excited to announce that their station has been chosen as the location for the next Launch a Memory lifeboat! Celebrate the life of a loved one by adding their names in the letters and numbers printed on their side of their new Shannon class lifeboat. Make a donation on our website to add your loved one: https://rnli.social/3UUgE3Y #LaunchAMemory #Whitby #WhitbyRNLI #Celebrate #Yorkshire #Remember #ShannonClass #Lifeboat #WhitbyLifeboat #Lifeboats #

Once an RNLI lifeboat station, this Victorian double boathouse celebrates Whitby’s award-winning lifeboat history with a treasure trove of paintings, medals, photographs and mementos from famous wrecks and rescues. Lifeboats crewed by the people of Whitby have been helping those in trouble at sea since 1802. In that time, 36 RNLI Medals for Gallantry have been awarded to courageous crew members. Housed in a double boathouse that was used by the RNLI from 1895–1957, the museum features models, pa