The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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ALTHOUGH 1933 was remarkable for having one of the longest and most settled summers on record, the number of lives rescued from shipwreck round the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland was the largest for five years. It was 406. Of this total...
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Enrol a new member, and help Shoreline to back up the men who put to sea. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of The Observer'. - View image in PDF
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Safety Equipment Advisory Check How does your boot chock outP On 16 November 1999, Melvyn and Jean Taylor of Doncaster were sitting in their motor cruiser at Strawberry Island Boating Club waiting for their RNLI SEA Check Adviser to carry...
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From deck of 70-001 as, shortly after dawn on February 6, she and St. Pierre approached race off north of Lundy: wind, force 10 to 11, tide setting about 4 knots against wind. As 70-001 begins descent down front of wave, tow line, almost bar... - View image in PDF
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Relief Waveney LIFEBOATS OF THE RELIEF FLEET are vitally important and can be busier than station lifeboats, but as they have no permanent station their naming ceremonies can take place inland. In 1966 the RNLI's first 70ft lifeboat,...
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THE Institution was founded on 4th March, 1824, " at a Public Meeting of Noblemen, Gentlemen, Merchants, and others, held at the City of London Tavern, His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Chair." Such is the brief record...
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THE RIGHT HON. H. T. L. CORRY, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, in the Chair.
1.—Moved by the Chairman :— 1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the Officers of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITOTION for the...
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Again, on the 15th Jan., 1869, this life- boat put off, during a W.N.W. gale, and in j a very heavy sea, to the brigantine Thomas, < of Poole, which was near Stepper Point in | imminent danger. On arriving alongside, it was found she...