Hurricane in Straits of Dover DOVER STRAIT COASTGUARD received a Mayday call at 2204 on Monday, December 1, 1975, from the 1,199-ton phosphate loaded Cypriot coaster Primrose indicating loss of steering gear in a position some 3 miles east...
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 90 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 104 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to 27th November, 1930 62,443 Grace Darling's Coble.
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THE BEST WEATHER CLOTHING IN THE WORLD AIRFLOW COAT JACKET LIGHTWEIGHT JACKETS ARE CONDENSATION WATERPROOF FREE FROM ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION Keller of 28 February 1974 from Assistant Superintendent (Stores) • Your company's...
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Courage on our coasts
For nearly a decade, professional Photographer and volunteer lifeboat Crew Member Nigel Millard has been capturing the spirit of the RNLI with stunning images of our...
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LlEUTENA'NT-COLONEL CLEMENT RlCH- ARD SATTERTHWAITE, O.B.E., late of the Royal Engineers, who was deputy secretary of the Institution from 1925 to 1931, and secretary from 1931 to 1946, died in his sleep on the 5th of May, 1953. He was...
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Hurricane-force winds as two lifeboats search for missing diversThe rescue of two skin divers in appalling weather conditions has won Acting Coxswain James Dougal a Silver Medal for Gallantry. Weather and sea conditions during the service...
By Dr James A.Begg Published by Mercat Press ISBN 1841830542 Dr James A Begg dedicated this real-life account of dramatic search and rescue operations to 'all those engaged in search and rescue by air, land and...
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Stuck in mud A MAN stuck in the mud at the mouth of the River Taff was reported to Swansea Coastguard by Cardiff Police at 2322 on Sunday August 24, 1980. Three men had been in a boat that sank. Two had managed to reach shore, but the third...
PORTH HELLICK, SCILLY ISLES. At about 4 in the afternoon of the 4th June, 1942, a Tiger Moth aeroplane, the engine of which had failed, fell into the sea about fifty yards off the shore at Porth Hellick. The accident was seen by Mr. C....
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The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
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