Volunteers are very much at the heart of the RNLI. The charity's lifesaving service could not exist without their passion and relies on an army of willing helpers to go out in lifeboats, to fundraise, to promote safety and...
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Rising tide RAMSEY COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Silloth lifeboat station at 1255 on Thursday February 11 that a man was stuck in the salmon nets at Dornock, two miles east of the River Annan, on the north side of the Solway...
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 114 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 62 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to May 31st, 1933 63,299 Annual Meeting.
THE hundred and ninth annual...
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THE Duke of Northumberland's Life- boat Essay Competition for elementary schools was held this year for the thirteenth time. The number of schools which took part was 2,207, as compared with 2,249 in 1932. But though there was a decline...
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JANUARY 1ST. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 9.25 P.M. a message was received from the naval authorities that a steamer had gone aground in Weymouth Bay. An E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. At 10.5 P.M. the motor...
(Below) Visiting lifeboats were moored in Scheveningen. In foreground (I. to r.) lifeboats from the Netherlands, France and Poland.. - View image in PDF
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'In 1923 . . . the Prince gave his permission for all life-boat days to be known as Prince of Wales Day.'. - View image in PDF
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Zetland, the oldest known surviving lifeboat, went to Redcar in 1802—and has been there ever since.. - View image in PDF
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In a break with tradition Julie Barr empties a quaich of Im-Bru to officially name the new lifeboat. - View image in PDF
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Left top and bottom: Pat shares his Water Safety knowledge with members of the public at Portpatrick in August 2003. - View image in PDF
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