Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. — At 7.45 in the evening of the 3rd of May, 1948. the Civic Guard reported that a French trawler, the Croix du Sud, had struck a bank and had four feet of water in her hold. She was making for harbour and...
TWO BOYS SAVED At 2.55 p.m. on I2th November, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two boys in army uniform appeared to be in difficulties in a boat about two hundred and fifty yards off Cleethorpes. The anchor cable of...
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HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE.—A party of four Liverpool yachtsmen were rescued from a dangerous position on the 3rd April. They set out the night before in the yacht Shrimp, but had not proceeded far when they encountered a severe westerly gale,...
The Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival took place in June, with 23 groups from around Europe taking part. The event is one of the world’s biggest maritime music festivals, and one of its main aims is to raise money for the...
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THE life-boat Christmas card and calendar, with a reproduction in colour of the service of the Ballycotton motor life-boat to the Daunt Rock lightship, of which particulars were given in the last issue of The Life-boat, can still be obtained...
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The Prince of Wales's Introduction to General Seely's Life-boat Book.
H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, E.G., has written the following introduction to the book on the Life-boat Service by Major-General Seely :— "...
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Birthday treat: pictured right are two Poole schoolchildren, Katie Morgan 7'/2 and Richard Winter 11, who visited the RNLI's headquarters during the half term holiday, not only to enroll in the Storm Force Club for under 16s, but... - View image in PDF
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How even a non-swimmer can save someone from drowning Join Shoreline now. Why Shoreline ? Last year the RNLI saved 1,704 lives. This year we expect to save even more. In order to maintain the service we need £3'Am every...
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THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of tho boat, will serve to convoy an idea of the general character of one of the 303 Life-boat Stations...
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