Search for divers THE SUPPORT BOAT of a party of divers contacted the coastguard at 1355 on the afternoon of Sunday September 15, 1985, to say that two of their divers had not surfaced from their diving on the wreck of ss Teddington, about...
H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT, Presi- dent of the Institution, attended the annual general meeting of the governors of the Institution at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 30th of March, 1960, and presented medals for gallantry and other...
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The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and...
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THE East End of London, with docks of the Port of London and the Institution's storeyard in its midst, understands the work of the life-boat service as well as any part of London, and it is proposed to develop the work of the Institution...
Category: Advertisement
There are available from the RNLI Dublin office (10 Merrion Square, Dublin 2) First Day Covers of the following Irish Post Office stamps: Official RNLI cover RNLI commemorative 5p stamp: 50p.
Special cover, with RNLI...
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Feature: Knowledge is power Saving lives through Sea Safety News Including the launch of SeaBritain 2005 Lifeboats and lifeguards in action 13 How the RNLI rewards outstanding acts of bravery plus rescue accounts past and present Lifeboat...
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As readers of The Lifeboat know, we have for some time been urging on the shipping community the claims of the Institution to their generous support, since it maintains a national service in which they are more directly interested than any...
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OCTOBER 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. At 2.27 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported a vessel aground on the Goodwin Sands, about six miles away to the east. A light north-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Charles...
THE new life-boat at Rhyl is a gift from Liverpool. She has been built out of a legacy from the late Mr. A. R.
Marshall, who was for many years the honorary secretary of the Port of Liverpool branch of the...
Category: Inaugurations
Lifeboats have been operating from the remote coastal village of Baltimore, on the South coast of Ireland, since 1919. With the infamous Fastnet Rock standing defiant nearby, the crew is kept very busy - with no less than 10 medals for... - View image in PDF
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