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• Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, was a man of considerable vision who always pursued his ideas relentlessly, though some of his schemes were not realised until after his death. He_ proposed the formation of an international...

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Falmouth, Cornwall.—About 9.45 on the night of the 4th of November, 1951, the St. Anthony coastguard telephoned that the motor ship Trewidden, of London, with about forty on board, had wirelessed that she had broken down and had anchored in...

Walmer, Kent-At 11 p.m. on 4th May, 1968, a radio report was received that the German yacht Peter von Danzig was dismasted near the Goodwin sands. The lifeboat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 32) was launched at 11.12 in a fresh southerly...

Legend has it that carrying acorns will bring you good luck and longevity. At Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station, it’s a belief that has been rooted for 117 years. Why? Because for one lifeboatman, the legend came true.

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ON THE MANACLE ROCKS Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 3.30 in the afternoon of the 10th of March, 1947, a message came that the motor vessel Antilope, of Groningen, had struck the Manacle Rocks. A fresh southerly breeze was blowing, the sea was rough,...

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