Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 5 November1995 show that so far during 1995: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 4,770 times (an average of more than 15 launches a day) 1,089 lives were saved (an average of more than 3 a...
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Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 2 February 1994 show that during 1993: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 5,397 times (an average of 14 launches a day) 1,274 lives were saved (an average of nearly 3 a day) Nearly 4% of all...
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AUGUST 6TH. - TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE. At 1.30 in the afternoon the Swedish Iron Ore Co., Middlesbrough, telephoned that their motor vessel Lena Broden was off that port and needed a pilot. The sea was too heavy for the pilot cutter to put out,...
JULY 5TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 3.30 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a rubber boat had been seen one and a half miles off St. Mildred’s Bay, Westgate. A light north-westerly breeze was blowing, and the sea was smooth. At 3...
4 days Departing November & December 2006 On board MS Britannia Cruise the romantic Rhine when its famous Christmas Markets are in full swing and its villages and towns are jingling with festivity. Enjoy the terrific shopping...
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ON 3rd October, 1923, in a whole N.N.W. gale with a terrific sea, the trawlers of Brixham, were in danger in the harbour from a steamer, the Tuscarora, of Sunderland, which had come into collision with another steamer, the Torvald, of Sweden...
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THE RNLI'S PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES contain thousands of lifeboat pictures which not only document the progress in boats and equipment but also provide an insight to changing social conditions.
The selection on these pages...
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Barmouth, Merionethshire.—Shortly after two o'clock in the afternoon of the 3rd of September, 1951, the sailing boat Dorothy was seen to cap- size one and a half miles off Cric- cieth. She belonged to the Morfa Bychan Public Schools Camp...
On the 4th March the morning was comparatively fine, and all the boats started for the fishing-grounds at about 6 o'clock. At about 10, however, a gale from S.E. suddenly rose accompanied by a heavy sea, compelling them to abandontheir...
AUGUST 2ND. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN;. At 5.40 P.M. the police telephoned that a small yacht had overturned about half a mile out at sea, and that three persons were clinging to it. A light squally N. wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. The...