THE YEAR OF THE LIFEBOAT' continues to show excellent support for the various Central Appeals Committee's projects.
The Civic Heads Appeal has so far resulted in over 120 local authorities in England and Wales...
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Six lifeboats in search for missing Belgian trawler The new Tyne class lifeboat at Douglas, Isle of Man, had a testing time during her first service, in a search for a missing Belgian trawler which lasted for 11 hours in Force 7 winds and...
Best foot forward Hundreds of schools and businesses supported the RNLI's annual Save Our Soles day on Friday 27 January 2006.
From Sennen Cove to Shetland, from Larne to Lowestoft and from Beaumaris to Ballyglass,...
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YOUR FAVOURITE HYMNS THE JUBILEE CHOIR 38 INSPIRING AND UPLIFTING HYMNS The Lord's My Shepherd • Count Your Blessings • Bless This House • The Old Rugged Cross • When I Survey The Wondrous Cross • All People That On Earth Do Dwell •...
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Tá na báid ar snámh san fharraige, Slán abhaile go dtaga na fir. The boats are floating on the sea, May the men come safely home.
Irish folk song
An island on western Europe’s extreme,...
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I.—Preliminary Remarks, IN a country bounded on all sides by the sea, whose earliest associations are connected with it, through the medium of which it has derived its civilization, its wealth, its grand political status, and probably to a...
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IN 1901 the Institution stationed at Queenstown, on the south coast of Ireland, a pulling and sailing life-boat of the Watson type, 43 feet long, 12 feet 6 inches in beam, with a draught of 37f inches. She was named James Stevens No. 20, and...
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Covenant is an old-fashioned word which in modern English is the equivalent of 'undertake' or 'promise'. If an individual or a company undertakes to pay a charity a certain sum each year for a minimum of seven years, then the...
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WITH GREAT REGRET we have to report that the Royal North and South Holland Lifeboat Institution lifeboat Christiaen Huygens of Den Helder capsized on March 26, 1975. Two of her crew of three lost their lives.
At about 2145...
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Reproduction of a Painting by Mr. Charles Dixon, R.I.
As in previous years, the Institution is issuing this autumn a Life-boat Calendar for next year. We feel that there is no better way of keeping the work of the...
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