A matter of training How does the RNLI ensure that its lifeboat crews are ready to cope with any emergency that might come up? went to the inshore training centre at Cowes to find out.If you are ever unfortunate enough to run into trouble at...
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Montrose, and Broughty Ferry, Angus, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, and Gourdon,Kincardineshire.—At 4.52 in the after- noon of the 7th of March, 1952, the S.S. Rosso, of Stockholm, bound for Sweden from Methie, wirelessed that she was leaking...
In 1966 the value of the inshore rescue boat as a means of saving life at sea has been proved beyond all possible doubt. It was only in 1963 that these boats were first used operationally, largely as an experiment. So successful have they...
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(Above) Two of a set of six Gaelic coffee glasses (or wine glasses), made by Cavan Crystal Ltd. Each glass carries a different decoration: the RNLI house flag, crest, an ILB, 44' Waveney lifeboat and two... - View image in PDF
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THE British Broadcasting Corporation took the opportunity of the visit of life-boatmen to London for the annual meeting to put the life-boat service on the air. There were four broadcasts that week, and a fifth three weeks...
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A pirate invasion of the Trent Navigation Inn was part of the pub's lifeboat day which raised £100. Here, DonClarke, the event's organiser, hands over a cheque for the takings to Mr C. G. Pole Carew, High Sheriff of Nottingham... - View image in PDF
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37' Oakley lifeboat James and Catherine Macfarlane, back in Padstow after her service of December 7. (I.
to r.) Second Coxswain Trevor England, Dl (SW) Lt.-Cdr. R. S. Portclunouth, Coxswain Anthony Warnock and Honorary... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Alan Thomas of the Tenby lifeboat receives his Silver Medal for Gallantry from HRH the Duchess of Kent during the afternoon ceremony.. - View image in PDF
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One of the RNLI Thames lifeboats turned out to see Concorde making her final journey during April. It was an unusual event because instead of flying at an altitude of 11 miles, Concorde was 'sailing' along the Thames aboard a barge.... - View image in PDF
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