Historic RNLI Lifeboats

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Historic Lifeboats is the name given to Lifeboats of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, RNLI that have retired from service.

The RNLI is a charity dedicated to saving lives at sea around the coasts of Britain and Ireland.

Historic Lifeboats have mostly been sold by the RNLI and purchased by the public for domestic use, marine businesses for usage such as further sea life saving functions, diving, fishing and pleasure trips.

Historic Lifeboats have also been sold to museums for display and also sea life saving institutions from other countries to continue a lifesaving role.

1 Historic Lifeboat Owners Association
2 Classes of Historic Lifeboats
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Historic Lifeboat Owners Association

The Historic Lifeboat Owners Association has been setup for individuals who own, maintain, crew or have a general interest in historic Lifeboats, the association is a community whereby people can share knowledge, experience, information and advise on the subject, organizes social events and historic Lifeboat rallys.

At the beginning of each Summer an ex Lifeboat rally is held at Fowey in Cornwall whereby owners bring their boats and display them to the public, this event is organized by Fowey RNLI which is a good opportunity to raise funds for the RNLI. Rallys have also been held in Falmouth, Belfast, Poole and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.

[edit] Classes of Historic Lifeboats

Below are classes of historic Lifeboats named after their designers, but more recently by rivers of the UK each class has several designs and lengths and their means of power ranges from early rowing, sailing, steam, petrol and now diesel.