NOVEMBER 8TH. - CLACTON-ON-SEA (AT BRIGHTLINGSEA), ESSEX During the afternoon the naval base at Brightlingsea reported that two steamers were sinking in the West Swin. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat...
From cliffs to islands, beaches to rivers, this selection of rescues demonstrates the depth of skill and nerve demanded of RNLI lifeboat crews and lifeguards - and that you can never predict where and when you may need their helpFirst aid...
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The fighting services, ever mindful of the work of the RNLI, assisted at lifeboat flag days during both wars. Here members of the WAAF at RAF North Coates, near Grimsby, are shown in the summer of 1942.. - View image in PDF
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SUNDERLAND.—The S.S. Broomhill, of Dundee, while endeavouring to enter Sunderland Harbour, during a strong wind from the N.E. with a heavy sea, on the 5th February, took the ground on the Bar, and was afterwards carried by the wind and sea...
On Board The St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Motor Life-Boat 1921. - View image in PDF
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The Console Ready For Mounting. - View image in PDF
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On the 10th November the Joseph Anstice, the Life- boat of this station, in answer to signals of distress from the schooner Don, of Jersey, put off to her assistance. A very heavy gale was blowing from the north, and darkness coming on soon...
On the 28th September, at 3 A.M., a small vessel, which proved to be the barge Peace, of London, was ob- served to have anchored in heavy broken water off the Camber coast-guard station, near Rye. The Camber life-boat was quickly launched,...
The children of High Bank Nursery School, Swinton, Manchester, and their parents raised £293.50 for the RNLI in memory of their late head teacher, Miss Constance M.
Hardman; while the children pile into their... - View image in PDF
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On the 13th February, in response to signals from the Formby light vessel, the steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland put off and found the s.s. Lady Louisa, of and for Liverpool from Fleetwood, laden with gravel, on the edge of Taylor's...