Geraldine Grainger is the RNLI’s new College Principal and Head of Training. Geraldine joined the charity from the John Lewis Partnership, where she was responsible for the training, learning and development of 28,000 partners. She also has...
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Dignity at West Mersea The official opening and dedication of West Mersea's new lifeboat house took place at the same time as the naming ceremony.
Dignity is named after Dignity Caring Funeral Services, whose employees... - View image in PDF
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Engine failure AT 1718 ON DECEMBER 11, 1986, St David's honorary secretary was alerted by Milford Haven Coastguards to the plight of the 40ft fishing vessel Marigold A, on passage from Fishguard to Looe, reported to be disabled with...
Early on the morning of the 10th March three local motor fishing cobles put to sea to haul crab pots. The wind was squally from the S.E., and the sea was rough. The weather continued to grow worse, with heavy rain showers. At 10.30 A.M. the...
Optic illusion: it's difficult to ignore the lifeboat collecting box at the Nautilus Hotel in Benllech, North Wales. Wil and Jean Owen built their Lifeboat Bar after moving from Moelfre two years ago and have obviously taken some of the... - View image in PDF
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Port Erin, Isle of Man.—-At 2.40 in the afternoon, on the 16th of September, 1950, the coxswain reported that two hours earlier two men had set out in an outboard motor boat to rescue a dog trapped on the cliffs north of Fleshwick beach....
On the 10th Octo- ber the crew of six of the barge British Oak, of Rochester, were rescued by the motor life-boat Prudential.—Rewards, Thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum and framed, together with mone- tary rewards amounting to...
Appledore, Devon.—On the morning of the 23rd February the coastguard at Westward Ho reported that a vessel was anchored in a dangerous position close to Bar Buoy. A fresh N.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat...
On the 27th May, while a strong gale was blowing from the N.N.E., with a very heavy sea and thick weather, a vessel was seen making for the Cockle Gat. Her sails were blowing about, and when the weather cleared a flag was observed in the...
The Cardiff steamer Porthcawl, from which the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston motor life-boat rescued twenty-five men on 14th September. - View image in PDF
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