RNLI celebrates 200 years of life saving

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London’s iconic Westminster Abbey will hold a special thanksgiving service to mark the 200th year of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Since its founding in 1824, the RNLI has saved at least 144,000 lives – whether in the wooden, oar-propelled boats of two centuries ago, or in today’s motor-powered all-weather vessels of today.

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