On December 13th a telephone message was received from the Hope Cove Coastguard that a vessel was ashore between Prawle Point and Greystones. The Motor Life-boat Alfred and Clara Heath was launched at 4.45 A.M., in a strong N.E. breeze, with...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk - At 7.15 p.m. on 25th Sep-tember, 1966, three men in a boat off Gorleston were seen flashing a light and waving their arms. The IRB was launched immediately to investigate and the life-boat Louise...
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.
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The RNLI’s naval engineers are developing a new class of all-weather lifeboat, currently codenamed FCB2 (fast carriage boat 2). The FCB2 will replace the Mersey class lifeboat, and the first is expected on station in 2013.
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The Southern African Branch, which was formed at a meeting at the end of February, 1942, had within a year sent the Institution £9,000 out of the £11,000 which it aims to raise in order to provide a motor life-boat to be named...
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Sheringham, Norfolk - At 8.42 a.m.
on ist July, 1966 a message was received that the m.v. Pantarali, lying off the Dudgeon lightvessel, had a sick crew member on board who required medical attention. An R.A.F. helicopter...
cLose up meet the family Building a strong and happy family can be a tough task for anyone but this is exactly what The Lifeboat College is attempting to do for the RNLI. Four members of this charity ‘family’ tell Liz Cook and Carol...
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Stronsay, Orkneys. At 3.30 on the afternoon of the llth of October, 1958, the local doctor asked the honorary secretary if the life-boat could be used to convey a child who was seriously ill to Kirkwall hospital. As there was no other boat...
Friends of Andrew Bridge, the 21-year-old skipper of the lost yacht Cheeki Rafiki, set sail in his memory in August to raise money for the RNLI.
The trio took part in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Despite...
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ALTHOUGH the early part of the past summer was not quite as favourable as could have been wished for demonstrations held on behalf of the Life-boat | Saturday Fund, for the success of which so much depends on tine but not too warm weather,...
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