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held on to him until another boat came to his assistance. Meanwhile, one of the teenage rescuers hung on to the boarding boat while the other was subsequently recovered by the second boat.
On landing the fisherman on the...
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News
Busy first year for Thames lifeboats Thames lifeboats were called out over 800 times during their first year of service. This is almost three times as many as estimated prior to setting up the service on 1 January 2002. Callouts range from...
Category: Articles
J. & J. Monks (2)
Blackpool, Fleetwood, and Lytham-St.
Anne's, Lancashire.—In the evening of the 14th November the Liverpool steamer J. & J. Monks, bound from Fleetwood to Runcorn with a cargo of gravel, anchored about three miles...
Obituary
With deep regret It is with deep regret that the Institution reports the death on 23 April 1992 of Cdr Ralph Swann CBE, a life vice president and former Chairman of the RNLI, at the age of 87.
Cdr Swann first joined the...
Category: Obituaries
Fast Afloat Boat 3
ON TRIAL - FAST AFLOAT BOAT PROTOTYPE TAKES TO THE WATER The RNLI must always have an eye of sea rescue many years ahead. 0 latest design of Fast Afloat Boat (R is designed to achieve even highi retaining - and even imprc standards of I...
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Rnli News
Freedom of Swansea The officers, committee and crew of The Mumbles lifeboat station were honoured with the Freedom of the City of Swansea on April 23, 1987, when the Lord Mayor of Swansea, Councillor Mrs Lilian Hopkin, presented the freedom...
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In Conference
Every four years the lifeboat nations of the world gather at a different venue to share and exchange information and technical expertise.
The 16th Conference was held in early June 1991 at Oslo.
Edward...
Category: Meetings
Feature: 'Gallant Rescue By Ladies'
Romantic fiction often portrays Victorian women as weak, passive creatures, but the list of RNLI Gallantry Medal awardees shows another side. Nineteen women have been awarded Medals for Gallantry in the RNLi's history.
Category: Articles
Canton of Scarborough
On the 29th No- vember, the smack Canton, of Scarborough, was observed with signals of distress during a strong wind. The Annie life-boat went off and succeeded in placing the vessel in comparative safety outside St. Andrew's Harbour at...
Galley
The ketch Galley, of Gloucester, carrying a crew of three hands, was caught in a bad squall on the 13th December, and had her sails blown away. She then drifted about three-quarters of a mile until near the rocks, where she dropped...