As soon as possible after the arrival of a new Life-boat at her Station an exer- cise is held, preferably in rough weather, in order not only to test her sea-going qualities, but also as a means of giving the crew some experience of the boat...
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LIFE-BOAT AT BAR At i p.m. on i8th November, 1965, the motor vessel Ocean Venturer was reported to be at sea in conditions which were deteriorating. The life-boat Mary Am Hepworth was launched at i .20 in a fresh easterly breeze and a heavy...
FEBRUARY 4TH . - WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE, AND FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 1.20 A.M. a message was received at Whitehills from the coastguard at Banff that flares had been reported about ten miles N.E...
The newly extended West Room of the Grace Darling Memorial Museum at Bamburgh. - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 1989: Captain T.R. Phinn, station honorary secretary at Ramsgate from 1980 to 1989..
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BBC Worl(ingLunch presenter Rob Pittam talking to crew members at Fleetwood. - View image in PDF
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Gary Stanbury pictured at the helm amongst the sandbanks Photo: Nigel Millard. - View image in PDF
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RNLI driver George Dadson. back home at Poole depot with his pride and joy.. - View image in PDF
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SAILORS have always been famous for the keenness of their vision, and more especially for a power, beyond that of the average man of seeing clearly at night; but of those who serve the sea, none perhaps has this gift in larger measure than...
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Cliff-climbing lifeboatman saves boy Lifeboat crews are highly trained in many fields so they will be prepared when out on a shout. But there are a few services where RNLI training cannot help, where it is up to the individual to do...