Mobile Training Unit No. 7 (MTU 7) is one of eight RNLI mobile training units which are dedicated to providing training for lifeboat crews at their own stations. The units vary in size from a small van (MTU 8) to large mobile classroom units...
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THE LIFE-BOAT (Est. 1852) All editorial material submitted for consideration with a view to publication in the Journal should be addressed to The Editor, THE LIFE-BOAT, 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1 (Tel. 01-730 0031). Photographs...
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MAY 30TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At noon the coastguard reported that the naval authorities had asked for help for the motor fishing yawl Golden West, of Wick, which was on Admiralty service, with a crew of three, and had...
Destined for life-boat stations all over the U.K., the first ever delivery of Martell cognac was recently received at the R.N.L.I. Depot at Borehamwood, Herts. Taken in the depot's rigging loft, the picture shows (left to right)... - View image in PDF
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Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 9.20 on the night of the 12th of August, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a red flare had been seen four and a half miles south-east-by-east of Shoreham Harbour. At 9.30 the life-boat Rosa Woodd and-Phyllis...
The christening in May of Bryan Michael White, son of Motor Mechanic Bob White and his wife Susan, took place on board Number lifeboat at Spurn Point. The service was conducted by the Reverend L. D. Christie, Vicar of Easington, who used as... - View image in PDF
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Port St. Mary, Port Erin, Douglas, and Peel, Isle of Man.—At about 10.15 on the night of the 10th of June, 1948, the Ramsey coastguard telephoned the Port St. Mary, Port Erin, and Douglas life- boat stations that an aeroplane, with eight...
THE SIGHT AND SMELL of bacon and hash browns at 90 degrees in the shade was a bit overpowering as a greeting to Grand Haven Coast Guard Station. A sympathetically smiling cook soon corrected my mistaken entrance and directed me to the...
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