St. Davids coxswain, Malcolm Gray, is shown here using his courage and determination to a slightly different end! The lifeboat station recently received a D class lifeboat for evaluation trials which was delivered by launching at a nearby... - View image in PDF
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Three surfers got caught in a rip current off Devon’s Barricane beach on 31 January.
One got out of trouble and made it to shore but his friends were washed away, managing to grab on to a buoy 200m from shore. Ilfracombe’s...
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Lottery The RNLFs national lottery, which has so far raised more than £1 million for the Institution's funds, now has increased prize money on offer for the 20 winners of each quarter's draw.
The first prize...
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Humber: The 100-year-old, 86ft gaff-rigged ketch, William McCann, had run aground at Donna Nook on the night of Saturday November 17, 1984. Her II passengers were lifted off during the night by helicopter while Humber's 54ft Arun class... - View image in PDF
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Humber: The 100-year-old, 86ft gaff-rigged ketch, William McCann, had run aground at Donna Nook on the night of Saturday November 17, 1984. Her II passengers were lifted off during the night by helicopter while Humber's 54ft Arun class...
Eastern Division Atlantic 21 escort IN HIS CAPACITY as harbour master, Helmsman Roger Trigg of Southwold lifeboat station heard at 1625 on Friday January 16 that MFV Concord, a 35ft 6in ex-Liverpool class lifeboat, had broken down...
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Parsons Parcel-What's in it for you ? marine engines and reverse gears 1 A wide range of marine engines and reverse gears for pleasure or commercial craft from 20 s.h.p. up to 177 s.h.p.
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Awards to Coxswains, crews and shore helpers The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement. Those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations were also...
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Channel Islands OUR MOST SOUTHERLY LIFEBOAT STATIONS by Joan Davies SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL Sailing waters in the world; a cruising man's dream in themselves and the gateway to Brittany. Such are the seas which surround Alderney,...
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FOUR BOATS AND CREWS SAVED IN deteriorating weather conditions on 8th November, 1971, the 70-foot steel life-boat Grace Paterson Ritchie, stationed at Kirkwall, Orkney, went to the aid of the Danish fishing vessel Clupea which had broken...
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