Tenby, Pembrokeshire - At 10.40 p.m. on 27th June, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was an injured man on board the St. Gowan light vessel. The life-boat White Star was launched with a doctor on board at 11.14...
Hythe, Kent.—At 10.50 A.M. on the 2nd August it was reported verbally to the coxswain that a flare had been seen from a yacht. A moderate S.W. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor life-boat The Viscountess Wakefield was launched at...
Hastings, Sussex.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 28th of June, 1951, the North Foreland radio station tele- phoned that the American steamer Sea Cloud, seven miles south of the harbour, had reported a man fallen down her hold. She asked for...
WHITBY.—At 11.45 A.M. on the 6th December, during a strong gale from the E.N.E. and a heavy sea, with snow, the brig Star of Hope, of and for Newcastle from Dieppe, in ballast, became embayed between Whitby and Upgang Rocks. She then ran for...
THE Institution has awarded the " Miss Maud Smith's reward for courage, in memory of John, Seventh Earl of Hardwicke," for the bravest act of life- saving by a life-boatman in 1950, to W.
Arnell, of the Selsey...
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practical demonstrations: on steering (right), with Coxswain John Dare; in seamanship on the after deck (left) with Crew Member John Sheldon;. - View image in PDF
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WE have frequently had occasion to allude to the feet—to the astounding fact—that an annual average of more than 700 human beings suffer death by drowning, from shipwreck or collision, on the shores and in the waters of the United Kingdom...
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(Above) 44' Waveney class lifeboat, introduced from US Coast Guard in 1964, is first of the RNLI's 'fast afloat' lifeboats. Exceptionally manoeuvrable, her twin General Motors Detroit marine diesel engines give a top speed of... - View image in PDF
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RNLIshop has teamed up with fresh coastal fashion label Seasalt to launch a new range of lifeguard-themed clothing.
T-shirts and hoodies are available for men, women and children, all made from 100% organic cotton. Prices...
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Birds Eye Foods Ltd. gave the R.N.L.I, this 37-foot Oakley which bears the company's name—Birds Eye.. - View image in PDF
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