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THE EVOLUTION OF LIFESAVING KIT
As we plan the rollout of the next generation of crew kit, we review a stylish and practical history of lifeboat looks – from 1824 to the present day
Through driving rain and gale-force winds, our lifeboat crews have been...
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The Twenty Branches With the Highest Collections, 1929-30
WE publish below a table showing the twenty Branches which made the largest contributions to the Institution during the financial year ending the 30th Sep- tember, 1930. Fourteen are English, four Scottish, and two...
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Fourteenth International Lifeboat Conference Gothenburg By Ray Kipling Public Relations Officer Rnli
HUMANITY . . . courage . . . dedication.
These words must have equivalents in every language and they were used repeatedly by delegates from all over the world at the fourteenth International Lifeboat Conference (ILC) in...
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Current affairs
Ireland’s ‘voice of the sea’ may have stepped away from the microphone – but Tom MacSweeney is as vocal as ever when it comes to marine matters
For two decades, Tom MacSweeney’s voice has been synonymous with Ireland’s...
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Award for Bravest Act of Lifesaving
THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life-boat crew in 1961 has been won by Coxswain John Stonehouse of Teesmouth for the rescue of the crew of three of the yacht Sybil Kathleen on the 1st...
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The Weather of 1886. Abridged from the Daily News, 1st January, 1887
The weather of last year was, in some respects, like a well-constructed story.
Beginning in a tame and uneventful fashion, the interest gradually increased as time wore on, until at the close of the period we were...
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Lecture on Life-Boats
4. Richardson's Tubular Life-boat.—The next coast life-boat to be described is "the tubular." By the model of this boat, which is on the table, it will be seen that it is altogether different in principle to any other boat;...
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Another Safety First for the Rnli:
Another safety first for the RNLI: The 52ft Arun which will soon be going on station at Fishguard is the first lifeboat to be fitted with a radar scanner which has been made watertight. During her righting trials at Cowes on May 5, the Arun... - View image in PDF
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Save-A-Can for the Lifeboatman
Save-a-can for the lifeboatman. Eight-year old conservationists Paula Kelly and Mark Chapman are among 84 pupils at Gilberdyke school who collected empty tins as part of a fund raising effort for the lifeboat service. The cans went to a... - View image in PDF
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