ON the evening of the 7th October, 1938, a small coaster was reported by the coastguard watchman at Rhosneigir to be making distress signals between Rhosneigir and Porthdinllaen. The Porthdinllaen and Holyhead life-boat stations were...
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Thank you for your excellent response to our request for your help in selecting the words to include on the RNLI memorial sculpture. Many of you favoured one of the five published quotations, though we also received a good selection of new...
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When our brave volunteer crews answer the call for help, they don’t know what they’ll be facing. Huge waves, storms, darkness ... They need to be prepared for anything.
Having the right kit can be the difference between...
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Cargo vessel sinks HUMBER COASTGUARD informed Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bevan of Humber lifeboat station at 2357 on Tuesday February 13 that the Panamanian motor vessel Revi was in distress 30 miles north east of Spurn Light...
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Derby branch commissioned Roderick Lovesey, the Derbyshire artist, to paint a lifeboat scene. A raffle for the original oil painting, The Rescue, is just ending, but a limited edition of 250 full colour prints (19'/2inx.26in) each signed... - View image in PDF
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The new Gorleston 44-foot steel life-boat Khami bringing in the Theodora after a round trip of nearly 100 miles on 4th September, 1967, when the 38-ton auxiliary yacht carrying 14 people got into difficulties in the North Sea. The photograph... - View image in PDF
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Steve Shaw (left) receives the award from General Sir Michael Walker, Commander- in-Chief HQ Land and Admiral of Army Sailing Association. See 'Lifeboat Services' page 14 for a report of the lifeboal service.. - View image in PDF
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Set against a buoy HM COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, lifeboat station at 2251 on Friday, July 16, that cries for help heard coming from the vicinity of Sconce Buoy, near Fort Victoria, had been...