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Princely Donation:

Date: Winter 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 499

Princely donation: the Fred Olsen Lines shipping company has generously presented the RNLI with a further £2,000 to complete the purchase of a third lifeboat in its name. Already paid for by the company are a D class inflatable and an... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Pupils from 15 Leicestershire Schools

Date: Spring 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 500

Pupils from 15 Leicestershire schools have raised more than £8,250 to buy a lifeboat. A series of sponsored swims raised the money which has paid for an inshore boat at Happisburgh. The crew were presented with the money by three pupils... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Keith Deller

Date: Spring 1988

Volume: 50

Issue: 504

Keith Deller, former world darts champion, assisted the Harwich lifeboat crew at the Hanover public house in counting the contents of a bottle amounting to a remarkable £1,360. The money had been raised by the landlord, Basil MacNess,... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Lifeboat Lottery

Date: Autumn 1995

Volume: 54

Issue: 534

Lifeboat Lottery The Lady Provost of Edinburgh draws the winning ticket for the Scottish Region Volvo lottery as His Grace The Duke of Atholl, convener of the Scottish Lifeboat Council looks on.

Scotland Region raised £... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Classic Wave

Date: Spring 2006

Volume: 60

Issue: 576

It was a calm September afternoon for a yacht and her crew - until sudden engine trouble combined with a turning tide and a change in the weatherAs the yacht Classic Wave passed between the Isles of Kerrera and Bach off Oban, Argyll, her...

P.W. 125

Date: 1941

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1941

APRIL 29TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.

At 3.15 P.M. the coastguard reported distress signals from a fishing boat which was rapidly drifting out to sea before a strong E.S.E. wind. The sea was choppy. The motor life-boat Richard...

Buccari

Date: 1940

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1940

JANUARY 9TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 12.45 P.M. a message was received that one of the crew of the Italian steamer Buccari, which was anchored in the Downs, was seriously injured and needed medical attention.

A light easterly...

Fishing Boats (3)

Date: 1942

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1942

DECEMBER 1ST. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

While the fishing fleet was out the northerly wind increased until it was blowing strongly, with squalls, bringing a rough sea, which made the harbour entrance dangerous for the returning...

James Lay

Date: 1945

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1945

JANUARY 1 4TH. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.

About 10.30 at night the Saltburn coastguard reported a message from the police at Marske that a vessel was ashore here. A light westerly wind was blowing and the sea was smooth. The...

Next generation

Date: Autumn 2009

Volume: 61

Issue: 589

Charlie Clifford from the west Midlands of England is the RNLI’s second-youngest-ever official supporter, having been signed up as a Storm Force member at just 4 hours old.

Charlie’s family has a long history of...

Category: Articles