Lifeboat tows yacht to safety of Dunkirk The Dover coxswain /assistant mechanic Anthony Hawkins and crew members David Pascall and Rodney Goldsack have been a warded the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum following an eight-hour...
AT the close of the year ended the 30th June, 1906, the United States Life-Saving Establishment comprised 278 stations, an increase of one station as compared with the total of the preceding year. All the stations were comprised in thirteen...
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Ijmuiden - Cromer Strong links are being forged between Cromer lifeboat station on one side of the North Sea and the Netherlands lifeboat station at Ijmuiden on the other. Over the weekend of May 8 to 11, Ijmuiden lifeboat Johanna Louisa... - View image in PDF
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One of the prizes of a grand draw organised by Bridgnorth branch was this delightful decanter entitled May Day being shown by its designer and donor, John Smith, to Councillor Michael Ridley, Mayor of Bridgnorth. The Mayor drew the winning... - View image in PDF
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The importance of teamwork Although the RNLI is entirely independent of government, it couldn't operate without the support of official organisations such as the Coastguard, which coordinates all rescues at sea.
An...
The importance of teamwork Although the RNLI is entirely independent of government, it couldn't operate without the support of official organisations such as the Coastguard, which coordinates all rescues at sea.
An...
FROM ist July to 3Oth September, 1964, inshore rescue boats were launched on service 141 times. On 24 occasions described in chronological order below they were able to rescue people in difficulties.
Southwold, Suffolk. At...
Category: Services
Outbreak of fires At 4.30am on 4 January 2006, the B class Atlantic 21 Falmouth Round Table launched to a 6.7m yacht on fire on the Penryn River, Cornwall. The skipper had been asleep when the fire started but managed to escape through the...
Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a vicepresident of the RNLI, receives the final instalment in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's £140,000 appeal towards the provision of a new lifeboat, RFA Sir Galahad, from the RFA'i former Chief... - View image in PDF
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'The Aberystwyth Lifeboat John and Naomi Beattie (1906 - 1932)' painted by Coxswain Lionel Derek Scott BEM and available as an RNLI Christmas card and also as a postcard..
Category: Drawings