When a 180m-long cargo vessel beached on a sandbank on 3 January, some crew members were trapped inside while others prepared to abandon ship. What happened next called on the skill and courage of four lifeboat...
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ONCE AGAIN another year has passed and 1982 has been the best year yet for Shoreline recruiting, due largely to the great support that we have had from our existing members. Our membership now stands at more than 92,000 and I am certain that...
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Malcolm Grant, the winner of the Volvo 440 Li car which was first prize in the RNLI's 60th national lottery owes his thanks to comedian Billy Burden, who drew his winning ticket. The popular comedian, who was curently appearing as Mr...
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CAPE CLEAR, Co. CORK. On 24th September, 1939, explosions were heard at sea about two o’clock in the afternoon.
They came from the S.S. Hazelside, of Newcastle, a timber-laden steamer which was in distress through enemy...
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THE Royal National Life-boat Institution exhibited at the International Boat Show at Earl's Court, London, on 3rd-13th January, 1973, the first of a new type of life-boat. She was a Rother class boat (see photograph above), in direct...
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Below: Launching restrictions mean that Dunbar's Trent class has to launch from the power station up the road but the old red sandstone boathouse is still home to the station's D class and crew facilities.. - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 3RD. - EASTBOURNE, AND HASTINGS, SUSSEX. The Dutch steamer Laertes, of Amsterdam, had struck a mine S.E. of the Royal Sovereign Lightship, and had caught fire, but she was able to reach a Dutch port under her own power. - Rewards :...
BELONGING TO on IN CONNECTION WITH T STATION. Length. Breadth. No. of Oars. When Stationed £ or Named. ENGLAND. Ft. In. Ft. In. NORTHUMBERLAND BERWICK-OS-TWEED - - - 37 - 8 - 12 1888 HOLY...
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AN hour's programme on the Life-boat Service was broadcast by the B.B.C.
in its Home Service on- Sunday, the •23rd of November, under the title "On Life-saving Service." It told the story of the Service from...
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