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, 1954 - 78,633 Notes of the Quarter THE first of the major flag days of the...
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THE stock of life-boat Christmas cards, with a coloured reproduction of a life- boat returning from the rescue, of which particulars were given in the last number of The Life-boat, is now exhausted. The life-boat calendar for 1936, with...
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Rescue a dramatic struggle becomesCold, tired and wet, the lone skipper of the yacht Wing had been without sleep for nearly two days when his yacht ran aground on the Long Sands, south of Skegness, on the morning of 5 May 2002. As rough seas...
IN our last number we considered the question as to the application of steam- power to Life-boats, and pointed out what we considered the insuperable difficulties in the way of its use. At the same time, however, who indicated that greater...
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Retirement from the Post of Chief Inspector.
ON 14th August Captain Howard F. J.
Rowley, C.B.E., E.N., to the great regret of the Committee of Manage- ment and the officers and staff of the Institution,...
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In our Summer issue we told you how we were tackling drowning through our Respect the Water campaign for men aged between 20 and 64.
IN 2013, 167 PEOPLE DIED AROUND THE COAST OF THE UK. 86% WERE...
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STORM ON THE WATERS The Story of the Life-boat Service in the War of 1939-1945 By CHARLES VINCE " Read it, and you will hear the gales roaring; no breeziness here, no mere soldier's wind, but a blow to match the courage of the...
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Selling Our Secrets, Silly Odd Socks, Soup Or Sandwiches … once again, lifeboat crews, lifeguards and supporters got into the spirit of SOS Day on 29 January.
Celebrity supporters included stars of Emmerdale, the Llanelli...
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The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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The naming of the D Class lifeboat took place during the town's Festival of the Sea. The threeday event is held every two years and has a strong RNLI flavour. As well as the naming ceremony, the Earl and Countess of Wessex visited the... - View image in PDF
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