•X- Support the RNLI in Maritime Year Jammer Super Thermal Wear the sale of which will benefit the RNLI Jammer Super Jacket Specifically designed for water sportsmen. Three materials 'fused'. So, you're warm, weatherproof and...
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THE national sponsored walk, 1971, raised £33,538 new money for the R.N.L.I. Among the completed walks this year was one by the Crayford branch held in the grounds of Bexleyheath School, where the sum of £590 was raised by children...
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When the general public think of RNLI volunteers, they think of crew, like me, probably a bit older, with a big thick beard!
The team at the Lifeboat asked me to introduce this issue as I have experience on the...
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WHEN LIVES ARE AT STAKE Schermuly pyrotechnic life-saving equipment—outstanding for performance and reliability—is the choice of the R.N.L.I., H.M. Coastguard and Trinity House.
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We’re very sorry, but at the time of going to print, we were having technical difficulties with gathering the list of launches. This means we are unable to print the list in the usual way this time. We’re very sorry for any inconvenience.<...
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— During a moderate S.S.E. gale on the 5th April a vessel was observed at 4.15 P.M. with a signal of distress flying, and as it was apparent that she required assistance, the Life-boat James Stevens No. 7 was sent out. The Life-boat reached...
Explosion at sea AN EXPLOSION, on the night of November 15, 1973, aboard the 300-ton deep-sea trawler Boston Jaguar, 37 miles 020° (T) from Cromer, Norfolk, left the ship without steering gear, with her mate killed and a crew member...
WE learn from the Annual Report of the United States Life-saving Service lately issued' that on the 30th of June, 1886, there were 211 stations, 165 being on the Atlantic, 38 on the La,kes, 7 on the Pacific, and 1 at the Falls of the...
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Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 9.30 on the morning of the 28th of December, 1960, the harbour master informed the honorary secretary that four motor fishing vessels had left harbour at three o'clock. The weather had deteriorated, and as...