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Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The Eight Hon. C. 1. Ritchie, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, said in the House of Commons on the 14th February, 1896 :— " It is not the intention of the Board of Trade to interfere with the excellent work of the Royal National...
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Brighton's Atlantic 75 Named
On 19 October some 200 people gathered in Brighton Marina village square for the naming ceremony of the Atlantic 75 lifeboat Thelma Glossop which was funded by Mr and Mrs Roy Glossop, in memory of Mr Glossop's first wife,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Good Job Well Done
These photographs of the relief Arun class Margaret Russell Fraser were taken in Christchurch Bay while filming for the RNLI's latest film was in progress.
The 30-minute film is titled 'A Good Job Well Done' and...
Category: Articles
Sirenia
BRIGHSTONE GRANGE AND BROOKE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—On the afternoon of the 9th March, the ship Sirenia, of Glasgow, bound from San Francisco for Dunkirk with a cargo of wheat, stranded on Atherfield Ledge during a thick fog. The Life-boat...
MAKE A FISH SUPPER!
A day rarely goes past without a lifeboat crew member having to skip a meal as they answer the call for help. So, this October, we’re asking you to host your own dinner party in support of our lifesavers: a fundraising fish...
Category: Articles
New Life-Boats
BROOKE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—It will be remembered that in the last number of the Life-boat Journal we mentioned that the boat on this Station had been replaced by a new Life-boat of the latest self-righting type provided for from the legacy of...
Category: Inaugurations
A Sailing Dinghy
Ten small boats WEST MERSEA deputy launching authority was informed by HM Coastguard at 1652 on Saturday May 26, 1979, that an upturned sailing dinghy had been sighted l'/2 miles east of Shinglehead Point. Maroons were fired and at 1700...
Tenby's Tyne Class Lifeboat Rfa Sir Galahad Pictured With Her Royal Fleet Auxiliary Namesake Sir Galahad the Lifeboat Is Named to Commemorate the Rfa Ship L
Tenby's Tyne class lifeboat RFA Sir Galahad, pictured with her Royal Fleet Auxiliary namesake Sir Galahad. The lifeboat is named to commemorate the RFA ship lost during the Falklands conflict (Photo Gareth Davies). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gang Warily Ashore After the Weather Had Moderated Coxswain Race Took the Tyne Class Lifeboat
Gang Warily ashore after the weather had moderated. Coxswain Race took the Tyne class lifeboat Owen and Ann Aisher (inset) into the surf among the rocks to snatch the skipper from his wheel house.
(Main Photo - Ron Sotheran... - View image in PDF
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News
Swords of honour Phenomenal, unselfish, generous - just some of the words used by Irish President Mary McAleese on her recent visit to the RNLIThe RNLI has 43 lifeboat stations in the island of Ireland to support, from Lough Swilly in...
Category: Articles