DURING the last few years the Committee of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION have had many opportunities for observing the great need that existed for the adoption of a uniform system of management of the mortar and rocket apparatus, and...
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Inshore lifeboat crew members dive to sunken car The Thanks of the Institution on Vellum has been awarded to New Brighton lifeboat crew members Mike Jones and Tony Clare for the bravery and determination they showed when trying to rescue the...
LOOKING AT a lifeboat when housed, perhaps the first design detail to catch the eye is the propeller and its tunnel.
Each of the twin propellers is housed in a tunnel built into the stern, the principal aims being shallow...
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When a January storm savaged a sail training crew and their yacht, a lifeboat headed to their aid – but in these violent conditions, what could the RNLI volunteers do to help?
Keen sailor...
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The photograph below shows the Prince of Wales at the helm of B-3 inflatable craft during a visit to Atlantic College, St. Donat's Castle, Glamorganshire, where he was shown a number of similar experimental boats.
He... - View image in PDF
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List of the Services of the Lift-boats of the Royal National Life boat Institution during the year 1881.
Lives Saved Agnes, schooner, of Llanelly .... 5 Albion, schooner, of Southampton 4 Aldebaran, schooner, of Lanrvig...
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The RNLI's Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards, held on 18 May 2000, once again took place at the Barbican Centre in the City of London. The morning AGM allowed Chairman David Acland, who retires at the end of July, to...
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November Meeting.
Beaumaris, Anglesey.—For a service on 5th August, 1937. See page 429.
Guernsey, Channel Islands.—During the afternoon of the 1st October, 1937, the steamer Briseis, of Rouen, struck the...
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Prize winners Mr and Mrs Smith meet Coxswain Peter Huxtable and his team at Shoreham Harbour Photo: John Periam. - View image in PDF
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More lifeboat stations as seen from above.Aerofilms is offering copies of these photographs at well below normal rates - and donating 25% of the print price to the RNLI. Prices: Sin by Sin - £17.63, 10in by 10in - £27.03, 12in by...
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