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Remus
Three saved .from stranded vessel Aservice to a fishing vessel in gale force winds, darkness, shallow water and heavy breaking seas has earned Wells lifeboat station a letter of commendation from the Institution's Chairman.On 17 November...
New Year Honours
The following were among those honoured by the Queen in the New Year Honours - C.B.
Rear Admiral Geoffrey H. Carcw-Hunt, Admiral Commanding Reserves, is an ex-officio member of the Committee of Management of the Institution...
Category: Awards
Royal Penarth
HRH The Duke of York made a brief visit to Penarth lifeboat station in March.
Having been introduced to civic dignitaries, Raymond Cory CBE, vice-president of the RNLI presented station officials and introduced HRH to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
HSL
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Category: Advertisement
The shape of things to come
FCB2 is the RNLI’s experimental lifeboat, which is being developed to replace the Mersey class. As we reported last year, the hull proved inadequate in rough weather. A new hull shape has now been chosen, and the RNLI hopes the first...
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to 31st March, 1956 80,036 Notes of the Quarter SIR GODFREY BARIXG, who recently announced his...
Category: Articles
One for the enthusiasts
The 2014 edition of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society Handbook, a comprehensive guide to the RNLI fleet past and present, is now available. Get your copy direct from the Society, priced at £6.50.
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Category: Articles
Contents
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 52 Number 520 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Assistant Editor: CLAIRE JUDD Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI...
Category: Contents
Saved for a Third Time
IN the last issue of The Lifeboat an account was given of services in which four different vessels had twice, within a short time, been helped by the same Life-boat.
Since then a vessel has been twice helped within four...
Category: Services
Gower Pride (1)
Saviours at the sand When faced with 3m swells, notorious sandbanks and a drifting, rolling fishing vessel, it cannot be easy to stay calm. But the composure and courage of a helmsman and her crew in just such conditions saved two lives -...