Erin's dogged determination! Whitstable's Atlantic had been involved in a very different service a few months earlier. Erin, a two-andhalf- year old Labrador-Doberman cross had grown bored of watching his dog-walkers Nick Warne and...
SHIPWRECK Vera Cumberlege Illustrated by Maurice Yardley As a child the author watched the Bembridge lifeboat rowed to a wreck for the last time before a powered boat arrived. The dramatic events of that day remained in her memory and...
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On the 3rd Septem- ber, at about 5.15 P.M., fishermen told the Coxswain that a barge, two miles E.S.E. of Cromer, was flying a signal. The weather was fine with a smooth sea and strong W.N.W. breeze.
The signal was not...
IFEBOATS DEMAND 'HE DEPENDABILITY IF DAGENITE Jo does your car. Make sure you hoose a Dagenite Easifil-it means /hat it says. Dagenite Batteries are ised extensively by the R.N.L.I.
They don't take chances.
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THE Queen's decision to name the new life-boat, The Royal British Legion Jubilee, at Henley-on- Thames on 17th July means that for the first time ever a reigning sovereign will have named one of the R.N.L.I.'s life-boats. Queen...
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The RNLI's responsibilities demand medical expertise not only in emergency care – lifeboat crew and lifeguards are often first on scene – but also for the health of our staff and volunteers...
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The salmon coble Olive Branch, belong- ing to Robin Hood's Bay, was overtaken by tempestuous weather on the 8th July when at sea. The storm arose soon after midnight and the N.E. wind in- creased until it was blowing a gale.
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Whitby, Yorkshire. At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 16th of January, 1960, it was decided to launch the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth to stand by the local fishing fleet, which was returning to harbour in bad weather. At 12.45 the life-boat...
OCTOBER 29TH. - THE HUMBER YORKSHIRE. At about 6 A.M. news was received from the signal station that a British aeroplane had crashed off North Somercoats. A southerly breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat City...
The RNLI first issued protective helmets to their Waveney class lifeboat crews in the 1960's At some four knots faster than the older classes of 8 or 9 knot double-ended lifeboats, some concern was expressed about crew members'...
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