Storm on the Waters - is the story of the Life-boat Service in the war of 1939-45. The full story cannot be told in the compass of a small book, but if Mr. Vince has had to omit much that we should like to see included, he has given us a...
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Three stages in the launching of the St. David's, Pembrokeshire, life-boat Joseph Soar. - View image in PDF
by courtesy of P. D. Lathan. - View image in PDF
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The crew of Porthcawl's D class lifeboat during the service - Helmsman Stuart Roberts in the foreground (Silver Medal), flanked by crew members Carl and Wayne Evans (Thanks on Vellum). - View image in PDF
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Our coastlines may appear as fi rm lines on a map but they are constantly changing. A European Commission report in 2004 stated that over 17% of the UK and nearly 20% of the RoI coastline is eroding, challenging the very existence of some...
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The St Mary's (Isle of Scilly) lifeboat Robert Edgar pictured while standing by the Cuban-registered refrigerated carrier Gran Piedra off St Agnes on Sunday 16 May 1993.The size of the seas and the severity of the weather can clearly be... - View image in PDF
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Mrs Anderson aboard Keith Anderson with (I) the Duke ofAtholI and (r) Viscount Hampden. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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Two 13-year-olds found themselves drifting out to sea in the dark on the evening of 7 September.
Wearing only Summer clothes, they thought they had secured their inflatable dinghy close to the shore near Hove but later...
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THE following is a list of the cases in which the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has voted Honorary or Pecuniary Rewards, to persons who have been instrumental in saving lives during the year 1854-5.
April 23,...
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