THE SEASON is now well under way, so may we wish all our members 'good sailing', and for those members who will not be able to go afloat, a pleasant summer.
While stationed in Ireland as inspector of lifeboats I had...
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On the 10th February, the barque Kate Agnes, of St. John's, N.B., came broadside on the beach near Irvine during a strong wind from W.N.W. The same life-boat was promptly manned and launched, and in two trips brought safely ashore the...
JUNE 17TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. A trawler ashore on the Mull of Kintyre had been reported by coastguards on the Irish coast, but it was found that, she was a trawler which had been ashore since January, and owing to the extra -...
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Willis's Booms, King Street, St. James's, on Saturday, 24th day of March, 1888, His Grace The DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, E.G., President of the...
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Surfing is often a way of life for those brought up by the sea. It’s also become a tool for lifesaving. Claire Vandvik finds out about the joys and the dangers of the waves
Surfers were once dismissed as beach bums but now...
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Why do I support the RNLI? Two accounts follow of contrasting, unusual experiences on a lifeboat in answer to this question During the Second World War I served for a time in an RNLI boat The Sir William Hillary, ex Dover station. I was 19...
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Important Notice.
Owing to the continued extraordinarily high cost of all printing, and the need for economy in view of the large capital expenditure with which the Institution is at present faced, THE LIFE-BOAT will not...
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The organisers of the Moelex 80 Business and Home Exhibition staged at the University of Essex for five days last spring, invited Colchester branch to set up a souvenir stand at the event. Here, Mrs Ruth Clarke, the honorary secretary,... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain John Muggridge, of Hastings, on his first service in command of the life-boat, won the bronze medal, for rescuing seven lives from one of H.M. trawlers.
She had gone ashore and the life-boat found her at daybreak...
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