Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...
PORTHCAWL | 16 DECEMBER
A fisherman was knocked off his feet and dragged into the sea after a large wave swept over a breakwater. Within minutes the crew of Porthcawl’s inshore lifeboat were on their way, and found him drifting a...
Category: Services
The Winter 1989/90 Lifeboat Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 51 Number 510 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD MNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution...
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Remember the story of Martyn King and Alison Shaw from the Summer 2000 issue? The pair had started their two year, 7,000 mile journey along the coast of Britain, stopping at 185 lifeboat stations along the way. On 11 May 2000, they were... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Walter and Elizabeth Groombridge award is made each year for the most meritorious service in an Atlantic B class lifeboat. The RNLI Trustee Committee met on 23 July and agreed that the 2007 award should be made to Flamborough Helmsman...
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A new tvpe of lifeboat, known as the Oakley tvpe, came into the service of the Institution in the summer of 1958.
She is 37 feet in length and has a beach weight of 9.12 tons. She is, therefore, light enough to be...
Category: Obituaries
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 52 Number 522 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Assistant Editor: GILL MACE Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Advertisement...
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HISTORIC LIFEBOATS
In the winter issue, we listed some places to see historic lifeboats. There are a lot of them out there, and we couldn’t mention them all, but some of you wrote in with further...
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 54 Number 534 Chairman: SIR MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES CBE RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Editorial Assistant: JON JONES Advertisement Manager: JOHN FARNHILL...
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Profiles of Lifeboats in the RNLI Fleet 52ft and 54ft Arun 15ft 6in D class and 17ft 6in C class inflatable ° Atlantic 21 52ft Barnett 50ft Thames 33ft Brede 48ft 6in Solent 37ft Oakley 48ft 6in Oakley 37tt 6in Bother 47ft Tyne 44ft...
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