THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 124 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 45 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to November 30th, 1935 - ... 64,350 The Woods of which a Life-boat is...
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WE ARE DELIGHTED to be able to publish below a photograph of the lifeboatmen of Blyth, the port at which the 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat RNLB Shoreline is stationed; and on page 81 is reported a fine service in which both Shoreline and...
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THE expression " Pouring oil on troubled waters" "has been from some remote period metaphorically used to signify the allayment of anger and strife by kind and gentle words. Like all other metaphors, this one was no doubt...
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FLUSHING, CORNWALL Comfortably furnished quayside holiday cottage, sleeping six in three bedrooms, situated in the centre of this quiet village on beautiful Falmouth harbour. Views across the water to Greenbank and the Royal Cornwall VC.<...
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IN 1947 life-boats went out to the help of vessels in distress 587 times and rescued 427 lives. • There were fewer launches, and fewer lives rescued, than in 1946, but these two years are together the busiest that the Lifeboat Service has...
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Racing dinghies ON AN OVERCAST Sunday morning, May 3, dinghies from several sailing clubs on the River Blackwater had started racing when they were overtaken by deteriorating weather; soon after 1100 the strong westerly breeze was already...
Exmouth: On Sunday June 12 Exmouth D class inflatable lifeboat, manned by Helmsman Clive Harris and Crew Member Christopher Douglas, launched to help a 14-year-old boy cut off by the tide on the rocks at Orcombe Point. Helmsman Harris first... - View image in PDF
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A new pilot scheme created by the RNLI aims to keep sea anglers safe while they enjoy their sport.
Last year 11 sea anglers tragically lost their lives while fishing in the UK, and the RNLI responded to over 1,200...
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From time to time the R.N.L.I. is asked about the sale of ex-life-boats, the interest in old life-boats now being considerable. A waiting list of over 400 people was the situation in July of this year.
A private buyer, who...
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