Scottish crews out in numbers Ravaged by remnants of the hurricane season, the British Isles were soaked and windswept in late summer 2004. At the end of one of the wettest Augusts on record, the rough sea conditions off the northern tip of...
Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
NO PEACE FOR NEWLY WEDS
‘Just another day being married to an RNLI coxswain,’ says newly-wed Trina Sawyer, whose big day with Eastbourne lifeboat Coxswain...
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Aberdeen, Wednesday, September 8: Lowering skies, spatters of rain and a chill wind greeted guests invited to Aberdeen's Regent Quay for the naming ceremony of the station's new 54' Arun class lifeboat, BP Forties; but the...
Category: Inaugurations
February Meeting.
Arklow, Co. Wicklow At about 7 P.M. on the 15th December, 1935, five men in the 30-feet motor boat St.
Brendan were engaged hauling their nets when cries for help were heard from...
Category: Services
ONCE more we are in a position to present to our readers a review of the casualties in shipping, the loss of life incurred, and the lives saved by the Institution in the year ending June 30th, 1912, based upon the Abstracts of Shipping...
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The RNLI's Beach Rescue pilot scheme has been running all summer on selected beaches in the south west of England. As the time approaches when a full evaluation of the pilot will be made, Jane Smythson visited one of the pilot projects...
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Two ILBs search A SMALL INFLATABLE DINGHY in which it was thought there were two boys and which appeared to be in difficulty 600 yards off Southerness Light was reported to Silloth ILB station by Ramsey Coastguard at 1819 on Wednesday May 2;...
LOOKING BACK on this year's London Boat Show, held at Earls Court from January 5 to 15, there is no doubt that, for Shoreline, it was one of the most successful shows we have ever had. We can look back with pride! The Shoreline team,...
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The Institution is re-analysing its records to investigate the causes of loss of life at sea. Some interesting facts are emerging.The RNLI exists for one simple reason - to save lives at sea. In the pursuit of that seemingly simple goal it...
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On Monday 22 October 2007 I accepted an invitation from Skegness Coxswain John Irving to join some training. By 5.30pm the waterproof tractor was attached to the carriage and the Mersey class lifeboat The Lincolnshire Poacher was towed out...
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