THE Institution has received an anonymous gift of £10 from "a sailor's wife.".
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(Above) The simulator, ll may look like a plywood shed but inside is an exact replica of The Mumbles lifeboat cabin.. - View image in PDF
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Right: Galway's Atlantic 75 lifeboat is launched and recovered by an electric davit adjacent to the boathouse. - View image in PDF
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On 5 March Riegate and Redhill branch and guild held an Anniversary Dinner at Reigate Manor Hotel.. - View image in PDF
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DEC. 1 7TH. - MARGATE, KENT. An explosion had been seen, but nothing was found except a patch of oil. - Rewards, £12 8s..
DEC. 20TH. - WALMER, KENT. An explosion had been heard, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £29 0S. 6d..
100 years ago The summer 1906 issue of the Journal featured an old sea dogliterally - in a report on the Clacton lifeboat, which went to the aid of a wrecked schooner Renner. The schooner's captain had been reluctant to leave his beloved...
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Two sailors clung to a ledge beneath Welsh cliffs, lashed by waves with the tide rising around them
With the sea and wind driving directly onto the rocky shoreline, this would be an extremely...
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‘ I knew I had to keep afloat. Otherwise Peter would come after me. And that thought – if I gave up he would lose his life too – kept me going.’
Peter Severs and Louisa Barrow were in awe as...
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THE decision of the Committee of Manage- ment of the Institution to establish the headquarters of the " Life-boat Saturday " Fund in London, under the management principally of a representative committee of " Life-boat...
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