Bridlington Life-Boat Returning To Harbour After Escorting In Three Keelboats Caught By Rough Seas. - View image in PDF
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The memorial plaque in the Caister, Norfolk, Life-boat shed to the life-boatmen who were drownod when the local boat capsized on 14th Nc.'eniber, 1301, with the loss of nine lives.
Ar.icny ;!!ose who perished were... - View image in PDF
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VOICes ‘The lifeboat volunteers make me proud to be British.’ Murray Walker The voice of Formula One tells Rory Stamp of his admiration for the RNLI’s crews ‘I’ve always had immeasurable respect for them,’ says Murray Walker as he watches...
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A flare for rescue in darknessWalmer lifeboat crew proved they are ready for anything 24/7 when they were paged at 2 o'clock one morning in mid-winter. The lives of two yachtsmen depended on the crew being wide awake and alert throughout...
ON the 4th of February, as reported in the Spring Journal, 1951, the Camp- be! town life-boat helped the frigate Loch Fada, which had got into diffi- culties with the landing craft Stalker in tow. The Loch Fada's command- ing officer...
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JANUARY Launches 32. Lives rescued 76.
JANUARY 3RD. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
At 9.10 P.M. the naval officer in charge telephoned that R.A.F. high-speed launch No. 124 was somewhere off...
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A LESSER KNOWN BRANCH of the RNLI is the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society. It was formed in 1964 to cater for the needs of those with a technical or historical interest in the work of the Institution. Initially there were only eight members...
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The wind brings us clear blue skies and storms, makes a sailboat sail and chills us to the bone. But have you ever wondered where it comes from? Here the Lifeboat gives you a beginner’s guide to wind and its extreme effects<...
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The Mumbles raft race in aid of the RNLI is in its 23rd year Photo: South Wales Evening Post. - View image in PDF
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IN " Abstract of an Investigation into Asphyxia," just published and presented to the Royal Humane Society .by Dr. MAE- SHALL HALL, opens quite a new view of the way in which suffocation from drowning or other causes should be...
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