. . . 7975: silver medallists Coxswain Ben Tart of Dungeness (I.) and Coxswain Albert Bird of Aberdeen meet after nearly 20 years . . .. - View image in PDF
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Morning: Harold Appleton, one of the Shoreline Bout Show team, talking to Crew Member Lex Fay of Blyth.. - View image in PDF
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The Pride of Britain Awards brought RNLI lifesaving to the attention of millions at the end of October when Hartlepool RNLI volunteers received the ITV Daybreak Emergency Services Award.
The volunteers and Hartlepool...
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RNLI Chief Executive Andrew Freemantle and Captain Song Jiahui, Director General of the China Rescue and Salvage Bureau, met in Shanghai in November 2005 to sign a five-year cooperation plan between the two organisations following the sale... - View image in PDF
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A severed finger, no engine, rough seas: that was the harsh reality a yacht skipper faced off the Devon coast at the end of April. So how would he reach hospital?
‘All we knew when we launched...
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TOW FOR YACHT WITH NINE ABOARD Holyhead, Anglesey. At 9.30 on the evening of the 13th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was flashing a light off North Stack and appeared in...
Swanage, Dorset: (left) Launch of J. Reginald Corah after her naming. The Duke of Kent then embarked to make a round of Swanage Bay. - View image in PDF
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The prototype RNLI Medina 35, Mountbatten of Burma, on trials at Cowes. The more people on board, the greater her stability.. - View image in PDF
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Congratulations to the RNLI volunteers and staff who were recognised in this year’s New Year
Honours, for their contribution to saving lives at sea. MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire):
Richard Spindler a...
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Whitby, Yorkshire. On the after- noon of the 22nd of January, 1959, the coxswain was informed that four local fishing boats were still at sea. As there was a big fresh coming down the river and a strong northerly wind was blowing, it was...