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Galway Bay, Co. Galway.—The motor life-boat William Evans was launched at 7.30 P.M. on the llth December, in answer to an urgent call from the neighbouring island of Inishnaine, for a priest to administer last rites to a dying man. No other...
Lifeboat Quiz
1—Which is the most (a) northerly; (b) easterly; (c) southerly; and (d) westerly station of the RNLI ? 2— Which was the first sailing lifeboat ? 3—Which were (a) the steepest, and (b) the longest slipways for lifeboats ? 4—Where were the...
Category: Articles
Ad Infinitum:
Ad infinitum: there is no such thing as being put out to grass for many lifeboats leaving the RNLI's service. This photograph was taken in Montevideo in Uruguay last June on the day ADES II, formerly Arbroath's The Duke of Montrose,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Britannia, of Leigh
On the 20th October, during a gale from the E.S.E., the steamer Britannia, of Leith, was wrecked on " The Kidge," close to the bar of Holy Island Harbour.
The Britannia, had on board a number of passengers, and...
Erratum
IN the March 1960 number of the Life-boat it was stated on page 381 that the bronze medal for gallantry had been awarded to Mr. Hugh Owen, of the Moelfre, Anglesey, crew. In fact, Mr.
Owen was awarded a second-service clasp...
Category: Awards
On Their Bikes!
On their bikes! A civic appeal started by Cllr George Parkinson, chairman of Wokingham district council in 1993 and pictured right, culminated in a sponsored cycle ride in April and brought the final total to £11,700 for his two-year... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Royal Navy Inflatable Dinghy
Four divers snatched from explosives danger areaPrompt action by Whitby' s Tyne class lifeboat during the exploding of a war-time land mine has earned the Coxswain and crew a letter of thanks from the RNLI's chief of...
Old Life-Boats
IT is one of the unvarying rules of the Institution that the materiel of the Service shall be as perfect as it can be made. Only the best materials are used for the Life-boats and their gear; and everything is done, by careful andfrequent...
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Some Heroes of 1913
medals are more difficult to earn, and hence few are more highly appreciated, than the Medal of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. It may indeed well be regarded as the Victoria Cross of the sea service, although it differs from that...
Category: Articles
(Left) Atlantic 21 Scoop on Port Side of Transom: Sleeve Is Lowered and So Valve Is Open Hydraulics and Associated Linkage to Starboard
(Left) Atlantic 21 scoop on port side of transom: sleeve is lowered and so valve is open. Hydraulics and associated linkage to starboard.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs