It's 27 March 1941. Two days after being attacked by a squadron of Luftwaffe bombers, the SS Somali, a large convoy ship, burns a mile off the Northumberland coast. Intent on saving her cargo, crew from a salvage tug board to assess the...
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The RNLI's Annual Meetings for 1995, held on 18 May, took place at a new venue in London - the Barbican Centre in the City.
The move from the South Bank Centre was a break with the tradition of the past few years and...
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Our flood rescue team volunteers will travel anywhere in the world to prevent tragedies in flood disasters – but how do you train for lifesaving in such extreme conditions?
With a heave and an...
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Friendly Mascot Morris from the Landscove and St Mary's Bay holiday complexes was a special visitor to the Torbay lifeboat.
From April to October, the Brixham lifeboat guild sells grand draw tickets at the holiday... - View image in PDF
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Thursday, 1st August. Captain Sir EDWARD PERROTT, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
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(Lower left) Local radio station Classic Gold broadcast live from the event on Friday. Presenter Geoff Barker is pictured talking to actor Robin Asquith who took time out from a local appearance to visit Open Das.. - View image in PDF
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Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 10.40 on the morning of the 15th May, 1961, Valentia radio informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Ros Bui of Dublin had broken down three miles north-west of Lemon Rock. At 11.3, when the life-boat...
THE South Holland Life-boat Society was so pleased with the result of its inquiries as to the success of the NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION'S Steam Life-boats that it recently instructed Messrs. J. I. Thornycroft and Co., of Chiswick,...
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Rising country-rock star Sarah Jory (left) played a special solo acoustic concert on 6 October in aid of the Wells lifeboat-raising £1,700.
Sarah, who has been gigging non-stop in the UK and abroad for the past five... - View image in PDF
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