Exercise turns into busy day for City of Plymouth Plymouth - South West Division Plymouth's new Arun class City of Plymouth took part in no less than seven rescues on Sunday, 22 May 1988, when a sudden increase in wind strength to around...
News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat Services 8 The latest rescues including three Bronze Medal awards for gallantry Lifeboats to the Flood Rescue 14 Lifeboats lend a hand inland during the terrible floods of...
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The Calendar.
THE Institution is again issuing a life- boat calendar and a Christmas card.
The calendar will have on it a reproduction in colours of a picture by Mr. Charles Dixon, R.I., of the rescue by...
Category: Advertisement
Left to right, Coxswain Strachan, Motor Mechanic Wiseman, Mrs. Brignall, Coxswain Stanton, Coxswain Roach, Mrs. Oilier, Coxswain Oilier.. - View image in PDF
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FISHGUARD, SOUTH WALKS.—A small screw steamer and a schooner had been at anchor in Fishguard roadstead for some days, being unable to go round St. David's Head, owing to the strong westerly winds.
On the night of the...
Why do I support the RNLI? Two accounts follow of contrasting, unusual experiences on a lifeboat in answer to this question During the Second World War I served for a time in an RNLI boat The Sir William Hillary, ex Dover station. I was 19...
Category: Correspondence
At about 2 A.M.
on the 7th June, in a moderate E.N.E.
breeze, but very heavy ground swell, the Coxswain of the Palling No. 1 Life-boat, 5itJt West Norfolk Regiment, and the Coastguard saw what they thought...
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...
Write a letter to the Lincolnshire Echo and the chances are you are unwittingly helping the RNLI. Jane Roberts, who works there as a copy taker, cuts the stamps off the envelopes and adds them to her collection. In six months she has... - View image in PDF
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Wolverhampton branch members did a roaring trade in top hats (and could have sold a great many more) at their third annual nearly new shop last autumn. In a fortnight £2,070 was added to branch funds. (I. to r.) Joan Timmins, Greta... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs