RNLI News 74 What's happening in and around the Institution Lifeboat Services Notable launches around the coast The Annual Meetings A report of the 1991 AGM and Presentation of Awards for 1990 Bookshelf Some recent publications reviewed...
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20 March: Lymington and Yarmouth Five people onboard a 12m yacht, Sea Jay IV, called for help when her mast collapsed and went overboard after catastrophic gear failure in high winds off Hurst Castle. Lymington...
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Take a voyage into the briny blue from the comfort of your armchair, whether you’re yearning for adventure or looking to brush up on your nautical knowledge
Lighthouses: Beacons of the Sea
by David Ross
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• The early years of the Dungeness lifeboat station were ones of uncertainty.
The station opened in 1826, just two years after the RNLI was founded, and in the next 48 years was closed twice and moved up and down the coast...
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A YACHT UNDER OBSERVATION in the River Mersey approach channel in the vicinity of C13 Buoy was reported to the honorary secretary of New Brighton ILB station by Formby Coastguard at 1655 on Saturday, October 23, 1976. It was foreseen that,...
Those interested in life-boats who have a knowledge of German will find a wealth* of fascinating information in the centenary publication Seenot Opfer Siege produced for the German life-boat society to celebrate a hundred years of service...
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On 24th, September, 1939, just three weeks after war was declared, the Aldeburgh life-boat rescued the crew of 24 of a French steamer which had been torpedoed. The honorary secretary at Aldeburgh had a letter at the beginning of this year...
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Views across a century With an eye and ear for history, (I) Paul Reed, Fred Hills and Richard Ovenden, crew members of Littlestoneon- Sea's Atlantic 21 lifeboat posed for a photograph which has a not altogether coincidental resemblance... - View image in PDF
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Three saved from dismasted catamaran in storm conditionsP) lymouth's Arun class City of Plymouth made headline news locally when she went to the aid of the 35ft catamaran Myros. which had been dismasted in storm force winds on Thursday...
Three snatched to safety in atrocious weather conditions Coxswain Ron Cannon of Ramsgate lifeboat has been awarded the RNLI's Silver Medal for bravery, with Emergency Mechanic Timothy Hurst and Crew Member Lance Oram receiving Thanks on...