Withdrawn English coinage can mean revenue for the life-boat service. The coins, including some silver, date from left to right (top) 1944,1941,1939, 1876,1898, 1940, 1914 and 1940. The 1940 half-crown is a good specimen.. - View image in PDF
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Aberdeen Arun: Aug 28, Sep 11 and Oct 4 D class: Aug 28, Sep 11 and Sep 27 Aherdovey Atlantic 75: Sep 11 Atlantic 21: Aug 6. Aug 9, Aug 14, Aug 15 (twice), Aug 21 (three times) and Sep 5 Abersoch Atlantic 21: Aug 9. Aug 15, Aug 17. Aug 18....
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When Dr Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his wife paid an informal visit to Whitstable ILB station on July 27, they went out in the Atlantic 21 and His Grace took the wheel.
Since the founding of the Institution... - View image in PDF
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cLose UP Nor any drop to drink to the surprise of many, RnLi lifeboat crews headed inland this summer, responding to a different kind of emergency. Carol Waterkeyn fi nds out what was going on What can be worse than losing your home and...
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Yarmouth, Isle of Wight: During a visit to the Isle of Wight last October, HRH The Duchess of Kent called at Yarmouth lifeboat station, meeting officials of the branch and of West Wight guild. While being introduced to the crew by Coxswain... - View image in PDF
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where she had 53 service launches at 16 stations and rescued a further 19 lives. She was one of the 19 lifeboats that went to Dunkirk in 1940.
Getting back to the sponsored marathon row, on the way down the River Thames,...
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Station by station lifeboat launches for June and July Aberdeen: ILB D-536: Jun 3 (2) Jul 5(2) and Jul 1 1 Aberdoiey: ILB B-758: Jun IH Jul I6and Jul 22 Abtnock ILBB-582: Jun 10 and Jul 23 biT stwylh: 1LBB-704: Jun 4 Jun 17(3) Jul 20 and...
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Volunteers are very much at the heart of the RNLI. The charity's lifesaving service could not exist without their passion and relies on an army of willing helpers to go out in lifeboats, to fundraise, to promote safety and...
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Sunday, May 26, 1974: North Berwick ILB Blue Peter III took medical assistance to a boy who had fallen over the cliff in a bay which could only be reached from seaward. The boy was found to be too badly injured to be taken off by sea, and... - View image in PDF
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