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Foresters Friendly to RNLI history
Foresters Friendly Society, which has an enduring relationship with the RNLI, is sponsoring the RNLI Heritage Trust through 2011.
The sponsorship coincides with the RNLI being chosen by the Society’s High Chief Ranger,...
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Fundraising
Selling gifts and souvenirs is an excellent way of raising both funds and the profile of the lifeboat service. RNLI (Sales) provides a range of products for the wide variety of shops and events run by volunteers. In 2001 its turnover was...
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Lifeboat Services March April and May 1984
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Relief 52ft Arun: April 14 54ft Arun: May 8 D class inflatable: May 8 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: April 20, 24, May 13, 16 and 28 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: April 20, May 6,20 and 23 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class...
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Lifeboat Launches
Station-by-station lifeboat launches for June and July 1997 Aberdeen. Grampian Arun: Jun 13 and Jul 8 D Class: Jul 8 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Jun 8, 29 and Jul 24 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Jun 1 (three times), 8, 16, 19,22,29.30,...
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The Sailing Boat Ripple
Torbay, Devon.—At 8.55 on the morn- ing of the 30th of September, 1954, the Brixham coastguard telephoned that a small yacht was burning flares south- west of Thatcher Rock. At 9.12, at high tide, the life-boat George Shee put out. The sea...
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Torbay: On September 22, 1983, a young man fell 60ft into the sea when rocks crumbled beneath his feet on cliffs at Babbacombe. Two friends pulled the injured man from the sea, raised the alarm and then returned with blankets. Torbay's...
All Hands to the Pumps
On the night of 22 June 1988 the fishing vessel Marigold tan on to rocks at Polkirt beach, 500 yards from Mevagissey Harbour and was badly holed. An overnight operation by a local boatbuilder, the coastguards and fire brigade patched the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Here be dragons
Tower is the RNLI’s busiest lifeboat station, and its crew were really in demand on 5 September, rescuing 106 people in 2 hours.
This large number of casualties were taking part in a popular race, in which dragon boats,...
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Offshore Lifeboat Services June July and August 1979
Aldeburgh, Suffolk August 9 Amble, Northumberland July 4 Angle, Dyfed June 2, 24, July 3, 8 and August 15 (twice) Anstruther, Fife June 15 and August 28 Appledore, North Devon June 10 and July 31 Arklow, Wicklow July 12, 18, 21 and August 16...
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Lifeboat Services June and July 1993
JUNE AND JULY 1993 Aberdeen, Grampian 54ft Ann ON 1050: June 20 and July 24 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: June 12, July 4,11 and 22 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: June 2, 30, July 6,19 and 31 Aith, Shetland 52ft Amn ON 1100: June 6...
Category: Services