100 years of tractor power at the RNLI

2021 marks an entire century of lifeboat tractors. These vehicles, their drivers and the shore crews around them more than pull their weight when it comes to saving lives at sea. We hope you enjoy this brief history of the lifeboat tractor.

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The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, lifeboat crews around the UK and Ireland are ready to launch to help those in need. Whether you're stuck on a sinking ship, cut off by a rapidly rising tide, or in the water and close to drowning, RNLI crew members will drop everything to come to your rescue. 95% of RNLI lifeboat crews and station staff are volunteers.

But it’s not just lifeboats. RNLI lifeguards patrol 248 beaches across the UK and Channel Islands, keeping people safe, providing safety advice and rescuing those in trouble. Education volunteers visit schools and swimming clubs to help teach the next generation how to enjoy the water safely. And volunteer fundraisers and shop workers give up their time to generate vital funds. The RNLI is also working to help communities around the world that are most at risk of drowning.

If you spot someone in trouble in the water, call 999 or 112 and ask for the coastguard.

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Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), a charity registered in England and Wales (209603), Scotland (SC037736), the Republic of Ireland (20003326), the Bailiwick of Jersey (14), the Isle of Man, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and Alderney of West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ

[mattz]

Amazing. Hats off to those tractor drivers; they do an awesome job. It's not easy driving in loose and shifting materials like that.

[feathershed]

9m deep! Those tractor drivers are crazy😀
Where do lifeboats and tractors go to fill up with fuel.

[spicyspongebob]

Hey guys! This is amazing, such amazing launchers/boats, built so nicely to insure safety to the crew and everyone working around it! Thank you for your service

[CrazyChrisYT]

They are amazing bits of kit!! Keep up the brilliant work

[katherinekinnaird]

Praise God! God bless these brave people and their families. Shalom.