Valentia, Co. Kerry.—On the 3rd of April, 1954, the Commissioners of Irish Lights asked if the life-boat would land a seriously injured man from the Skellig's Rocks lighthouse, as the Commissioners' tender Valonia had already made...
BALLYWALTER, Co. DOWN.— On the morning of the 4th January, 1892, while a moderate gale of wind was blowing from the N.N.E., with strong hail squalls and a heavy sea, signals of distress were seen in the direction of the Ship Rock, about a...
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FOR SAVING LIFE FROM WRECKS, VOTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION TO THE CREWS OF ITS LIFE-BOATS, TO SHORE AND FISHING-BOATS CREWS, AND TO OTHER PERSONS FROM THE 1ST JANUARY TO THE 31sT DECEMBER, 1872.
JAN. 1,...
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FOUR new motor life-boats, two of them gifts from Scotland, were named on the Scottish coast this year, at St. Abbs, Berwickshire ; Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire; Eyemouth, Berwick- shire ; and Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
St....
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AUTUMN 2017 RESULTS
Congratulations to Mr M Ferguson from Buckinghamshire who won our first prize of £5,000 cash.
OUR OTHER WINNERS WERE:
2ND PRIZE: £2,000
Ms V Storey, South...
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This festive season, you can get all your RNLI Christmas cards from our partner Cards for Good Causes. At least 70p of every £1 spent on this range goes to the RNLI.
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ST. IVES, CORNWALL. — On the 29th March, during a storm and tremendous sea, accompanied by blinding showers of hail and snow, the ketch Greyhound, of Porthcawl, was observed running for the harbour. The. Life-boat Covent Garden was launched...
SUMMER 2017 LOTTERY RESULTS
Congratulations to Mr IS Lindsay who won our first prize of £5,000 cash.
OUR OTHER WINNERS WERE:
2ND PRIZE: £2,000
Mr P Laws
3RD PRIZE: £500<...
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Twenty-five years' service: Commander Bruce Cairns, RD, RNR, retired as chief of operations at the end of 1986. He joined the lifeboat service as a district inspector of lifeboats in 1961 and served in the Irish, South East and Southern... - View image in PDF
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