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Service at Aldeburgh RNLI to celebrate 200 years of the RNLI

Lifeboats News Release

The Right Reverend Martin Seeley, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich will visit the Aldeburgh boathouse to lead a service of celebration on Sunday 3 March at 2.30pm.

The RNLI station at Aldeburgh, from the beach on a sunny, blue sky day

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Aldeburgh RNLI station
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The short service will mark the beginning of the RNLI’s 200th Anniversary celebrations in Aldeburgh.

Everyone is welcome - all the crew, families, fundraisers, supporters and all of the lifeboat family in the community to join and mark the occasion.

It will be an occasion to remember the vision of Sir William Hillary, the charity's founder, to celebrate the selflessness of RNLI crew past and present, which over 200 years has brought relief to many in their hour of need, and to inspire people to volunteer so that the RNLI can look ahead with confidence to the next 200 years of saving lives at sea.

Sir William Hillary said: ‘Every stranger, whom the disasters of the sea may cast on their shores, should never look for refuge in vain.’

The Rt Revd Seeley will bless the Aldeburgh lifeboats, tour the lifeboat station and meet the crew during his visit.

Aldeburgh lifeboat station has been operating since 1826 and has been part of the RNLI since 1852.

RNLI Media contacts
For more information, please contact Jo Litt, RNLI volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer: [email protected]

Aldeburgh RNLI's inshore lifeboat at sea, three crew on board

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Aldeburgh RNLI's inshore lifeboat, Susa Scott
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The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 142,700 lives.

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Jo Litt
Lifeboat Press Officer, Aldeburgh

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