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from page 82 ties, exhausted by the strength of the tide and the coldness of the water. He towed them to Cowloe Rocks, which were much nearer than the shore, and told them to clamber over the top to the shoreward side while he paddled his...
Category: Services
Pontfield (1)
OCTOBER 11TH. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 9.57 A.M. the coastguard reported that the after part of the tanker Pontfield, in tow of a tug, was making heavy weather off the port. On 15th September the Pontfield had struck a mine off Cromer and...
Magne
NOVEMBER 20TH. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.
At 11.10 A.M. a steamer was seen to be aground on Robin Rigg Bank, about five miles north of Maryport. A W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. Visibility was very bad. At 11...
Lifetime achievement
RNLI corporate services director, tenVentham, former head of fundraising and marketing, had a great surprise in July when he was presented with a Lifetime Achiever's Award by Kevin Kibble of Professional Fundraising magazine. The award,...
Category: Advertisement
Wadebridge Branch's
Rescue demonstrations, sports, a barbecue and a sandcaslle competition, first prize for which went to a Cornish pasty, all added to the success of Wadebridge branch's beach fete held last August at Rock, on the Camel Estuary. That was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part Vi—Foundations
PLANKING OF THE HULL being finished, work can begin on building up the inside structures of the boat. First the way is cleared by stripping out the temporary building frames. They will be replaced by the four marine plywood bulkheads which,...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane and a Naval Drifter
SEPTEMBER 10TH. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE. At 10.30 in the morning a message was received from the police at Bowmore that an aeroplane had been reported down in the sea near the entrance to Loch Killisport, Knapdale. This was confirmed by...
Life-Belts
No life-boat station can be considered complete without a set of life-belts for the boat's crew, and the several local committees should insist upon having them, and upon the belts being put on, before the men go afloat. The qualities...
Category: Articles
2000 Rescue Statistics
RNLI lifeboat crews were responsible for rescuing 6,326 people during 2000.
This continues the extremely encouraging decline in numbers that has been seen over the past few years: real evidence that sea safety messages are...
Category: Articles
Chalk and Cheese...
Travel the length and breadth of the Irish coastline and you will be greeted in almost every harbour of any size by the familiar blue-andorange livery of RNLI lifeboats.
At first this may come as no surprise, but between...
Category: Articles