Volunteers at Newcastle RNLI have bid a sad farewell to the last operational Mersey class lifeboat in the charity’s fleet. The historic moment came at 12.20pm — the number on the side of the Leonard ...

A historic moment happened today at 12.20pm as onlookers saw the Leonard Kent — the last Mersey class lifeboat in the RLNI fleet — leave Newcastle, Co Down for the final time. A crowd gathered to ...

Crowds gathered in Co Down to witness an “historic moment” as the last RNLI lifeboat of its kind was launched for the final time on Sunday after saving lives for more than three decades. The Mersey ...

Crews celebrated RNLI's bi-centenary at Liverpool's Pier Head by recreating an image from 1999 A flotilla of lifeboats has recreated an old image against the Liverpool skyline as part of events to ...

Today (Monday, March 4) marked a special occasion for lifesaving charity the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). It has been 200 years since the life-saving service began, and to celebrate ...

Douglas RNLI is to get a new lifeboat as a "interim solution" while talks continue over station's future. A Trent class all-weather lifeboat will replace the current Mersey class - a vessel that was ...

On the day the RNLI charity turns 200 they've celebrated this historic milestone with a flotilla of North West RNLI lifeboats coming together and sailing side by side along the River Mersey paying ...