Lifeboats Our 2007 programme includes 21 superb cruises with many fascinating new itineraries - our best ever line up of celebrities and guest speakers.
and to top it all the Ocean Majesty has had a £1 million...
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JANUARY 17TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
At 4.51 in the afternoon information was received that the fishing boat Hazel, of Portrush, had not returned from sea, and the motor life-boat T.B.B.H. was launched at 5.15 to search...
J UNE 2 1 S T. - WICK, CAITHNESSbound SHIRE. Shortly after 6 P.M. the coastguard reported that an R.A.F. seaplane was on the sea one and a half miles east of Occumster, and was drifting, with her engines stopped, towards Clythness. A fresh S...
NOVEMBER 17TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON. At 12.20 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a longshore rowing boat was having difficulty in making the harbour. A fresh southerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor...
'Tis a stormy night, and the wild winds roar, The waves roll mountains high, And the Life-boat crew are called to the shore, For a ship to the rocks in nigh.
Not a moment waver our heroes bold, As their boat they...
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LOUGH SWILLY | 8 SEPTEMBER
Lough Swilly lifeboat crew rescued six fishermen and their sinking boat off the Donegal coast. The inshore and all-weather lifeboats launched at 3.15am. They found all six...
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MARCH 10TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.
At 5.5 P.M. the coastguard reported that the local motor fishing boat, Annie Cargill, was in difficulties and drifting rapidly towards the rocks half a mile east of Arbroath harbour.
If you’re heading to the seaside in the UK or Channel Islands this Summer, the chances are there’s a beach patrolled by RNLI lifeguards near you. This year our lifeguards will be on hand at more beaches than ever – they now patrol 238. ...
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Trinity House by J. GROSVENOR (Staples Press, 15/-.) is a factual and ably written account of the work of the great organisation which received its charter in 1514 and which today is responsible for so many essential services, including the...
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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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