The Lions Club of St Ives successfully completed its most ambitions project yet when, during 1977. it raised the money to pay for a new D Class ILB. At a service of dedication on Easter Saturday led by The Reverend Di.uglas Freeman. ... - View image in PDF
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SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES gathering momentum over the past 30 years have pushed back the horizon of the seafaring man.
High-powered marine diesel engines, allied with modern hull design, have given him speed with reliability...
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Torbay, Devon - At 12.20 a.m. on I4th May, 1967, it was reported that a car had been seen to run over the headland close to the look-out. The life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent slipped her moorings, with the small boarding boat in tow, at...
Pictured here is the first rescue boat with a fibre-glass hull to be tested under operational conditions by the R.N.L.I. It is a 17-foot dory built by Dell Quay Productions Ltd., at Itchenor, Sussex. (See pages 464 and 482.). - View image in PDF
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The crew at Chiswick on the River Thames is one of our busiest – and in October 2016 they knew it wouldn’t be long before they were called on for the 3,000th time. But who would need their help?
Crew Members Gavin Simmons...
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UNDER the above designation, a " life-boat," or what would be more correctly termed a life-raft, has been constructed by two public- spirited gentlemen, the Messrs. RICHARDSON, of Aber Hirnant, Bala, North Wales, and navigated from...
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JULY 24TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had been reported to have come down in the sea. Another aeroplane and a motor boat joined the life-boat in the search, but nothing could be found and no aeroplane was reported as being missing. -...
TWO CASUALTIES TOWED TO SAFETY - CREW INJURED Tyne's 26-hour service in storm force winds Coxswain Kieran Cotter of Baltimore's relief Tyne class lifeboat has received the RNLI's Bronze Medal for Gallantry following a 26-hour...
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Official visits The RNLI was host to several visitors in the early part of 1990, each with a different interest in the Institution and its work.
On 24 January Patrick McLoughlin MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State...
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There are many facets to the running of a nation-wide lifeboat service, and transport is a vital, if usually inconspicuous, aspect.
The latest addition to the RNLI's road fleet is this 17 ton Mercedes 1726, a 260hp, V8... - View image in PDF
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