Come, now, a cheer for tho Life-boat And its gallant fearless crew; Only give them a chance, lads, And you'll see what they can do.
No matter how dirty tho weather, Or how fierce the wind may blow, They're ready...
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ONE of the most unusual reunions in the history of the Isle of Wight life-boat service took place in October when the directors of the Isle of Wight County Press entertained nineteen veterans of the old pulling and sailing life-boats to a...
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DRIFTING WITH FOULED PROPELLER Moelfre, Anglesey.—At midnight on the 7th of June, 1947, the coastguard reported flares, and the motor life-boat G.W. was launched at 12.15 on the morning of the 8th in a strong north- north-west wind with a...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.— At 2.50 in the afternoon of the 5th of May, 1949, the police informed the life-boat coxswain that the S.S. Corn- wood, of Hartlepool, outside the harbour, had a sick man aboard in urgent need of help,...
On the 30th December, at 6.30 P.M., signals of distress having been observed, the No. 1 Life-boat went to the Cross Sand, and found the barque. Palmyra, of South Shields, ashore there. Part of her crew had abandoned her in two boats, and the...
John Dewar and Loren Sutherland from the small island of Burray (one of the Orkney Islands) decided to raise funds for the RNLI and between them topped £1,000 in sponsorship money.
John swam from the neighbouring... - View image in PDF
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Meet the team Early on the morning of Monday, 18 September 2006, an unusual meeting took place at St Agnes, Cornwall. Here, the Lifeboat brings you the resulting portrait.
The RNLI lifeboat crew, lifeguards, shorehelpers... - View image in PDF
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PAGe tItLe sPIRIt It’s a kind of magic Over 115 years after the first rattle of an RnLi collecting tin in manchester, Rory stamp discovers how young musicians are ensuring that the charity still strikes a chord in the city ‘there’s a great...
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Youghal, Co. Cork.—On the afternoon of the 30th November the motor lifeboat Laurana Sarah Blunt went out on exercise. When near Cape! Island, she saw two men in a small fishing boat, about a mile and a half S.E. of the island, waving for...
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