A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
THURSDAY, 6th Oct., 1870: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Head and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
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I THINK I may claim to be a, more or less, seasoned collector, having collected annually from luxurious hair to a bald pate, and I find that most years are marked by some peculiarity —other than myself. This year was marked by a direct...
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IN the last issue of The Life-boat a review was published of Modern Motor Life-boa's of the Institution, by Mr. J. R. Barnett, O.B.E., M.Inst.N.A., who has been the Institution's con- sulting naval architect for the past twenty-eight...
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APRIL 30TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £3 18s. 6d..
JULY 23RD. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A message had been received that a yacht was flying distress signals two miles off the Nore Light Vessel, but no yacht in distress could be found.-Rewards, £6 10s..
James Vaughan is the RNLI’s new Corporate Services Director, taking over from Ian Ventham who retired in August after 18 years with the charity. Promoted internally from Head of Fundraising and Communications Services, James is now...
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Imperial interest: His Imperial Highness Prince Naruhito, grandson of the Emperor of Japan, paid a private visit in July to Moelfre lifeboat station on Anglesey. After meeting station and guild officials, the Prince was taken to sea in the... - View image in PDF
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Aberdovey’s newest crew member, Steve Bowen (18), has been following the family’s RNLI tradition since he was 2 years old.
Steve was the star of a UK-wide RNLI advertising campaign in 1992. His father Dave, who was on the...
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AN immense work is being accomplished in these days in the way of prevention against loss of life, both by sea and by land; but we may still hope for extensive improvements as experience and science arm our great philanthropic societies with...
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