The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), a charity run independently of the government and coastguard, has saved over 138,000 lives since it was founded in 1824.

• 英国皇家救生艇协会（RNLI）就是一个独立于政府和海岸警卫队之外的慈善组织，RNLI自1824年成立以来共计拯救138000条生命。