Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.10 on the morning- of the 1 st of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a vessel appeared to be aground on the Gunfleet Sands to the east-south-east of the coastguard station. At 11.25 the life-boat...
The battery that's fitted to the Atlantic The Atlantic 21 was designed for the RNLI to withstand the arduous conditions involved in high speed search and rescue operations.
This special boat needs a very special battery...
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Lifeboat provides inflatable and first aid in team effort for fallen climber Members of Anstruther lifeboat crew can be made out on the foreshore in this photograph providing first aid while a helicopter prepares to lift an injured climber...
theLifeboat asks Ian Ventham, former head of fundraising and marketing, to reflect on his time at the fundraising helm and we speak to his successor, David Brann, on his vision for the future.Ian What notable changes in fundraising have you...
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A letter from The Queen Mother Brian Miles. RNLI Director for the past 11 years, retired at the end of 1998.
HM The Queen Mother wrote to Brian in October to offer her best wishes and congratulations on a job well...
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Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 21st of December, 1959, the life-boat Henry Comber Brown was returning to her station from an exercise, during which she had taken Christmas parcels to the Helwick and St....
Last Summer, we appealed to RNLI supporters to make a donation to help support our volunteer crews.
A big thank you to everyone who contributed to our Summer appeal, which raised a total of £1,209,077. Your support is...
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THE first of the Life-boat Centenary celebrations in London was a dinner at the Authors' Club on 29th January, at which Mr. George F. Shee, M.A., the Secretary of the Institution, an old mem- ber of the Club, presided, and at which Sir...
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BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT EASTBOURNE MARCH 20TH. - EASTBOURNE, HASTINGS, AND NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. During the night the London steamer Barnhill, of 5,430 tons, was in the English Channel on her way from Nova Scotia to London.Two of the...