Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 18th February, 1939, a fresh N.W. wind was blowing, with a very rough sea. It was breaking heavily from the Pier Ends to the Rock Buoy, and anxiety was felt for the safety of nine of the local motor...
THE secretary of the Institution would like to repeat the appeal made in the last issue of The Life-boat for volunteers from Greater London to help to develop the Institution's work in the East End by forming an East End branch, in-...
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Discussing the merits of their Atlantic 21 and SPIDOT launching trolley with Edward Heath are two members of Littlestone-on- Sea ILB crew, Charlie Davies and Paul Reed.. - View image in PDF
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100 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT, May 1889 issue THE LIFE-BOAT HOUSE The boats of the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under...
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DONNA NOOK, THEDDLETHORPE, AND CLEETHOBPES, LINCOLNSHIRE. — A very severe gale occurred on the Lincolnshire coast last November, its violence being experienced more or loss for nearly nine days.
On the 8th, at 8.30 P.M.,...
How one woman’s generosity and a volunteer crew’s commitment made a 12-hour rescue possible
The lifeboat crew from the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides worked through the night aboard the...
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Skegness: A Balcar 105 helicopter was seen to crash into the sea, five miles east south east of Skegness, on the afternoon of Tuesday July 24, 1984. At 1306 Skegness's 15ft 6in D class inflatable lifeboat launched from the beach manned... - View image in PDF
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Campbeltown: The dedication of the 52ft Arun Walter and Margaret Couper. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of 'The Campbeltown Courier'. - View image in PDF
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(Right) The Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, at the Banqueting House reception with (I. to r.) Mrs Siler, Admiral Owen W. Siler, Commandant of the US Coast Guard, and Dr L. Shackleton Fergus, a member of the appeal committee. (Above)... - View image in PDF
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DURING the severe storms last December six Life-boat men lost their lives while on service. Five of them were members of the crew of the Life-boat at Rhos- colyn, in Anglesey, and the sixth be- longed to the Boat at Johnshaven, in...
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