‘There’s no need to worry. The RNLI will always be there to look after us!’ That’s the oft-heard mantra of many a sea or beach goer – and a dangerous assumption to be tackled.
The costs of maintaining a comprehensive...
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On the 15th February at about 5 P.M., while a whole gale was blowing from W.8.W., accompanied by a very heavy sea and thick weather with rain, the ketch R. T. B., of Bridgwater, laden with flour from Plymouth for Cardiff, was seen about two...
The battery that's fitted to the Atlantic The Atlantic 21 was designed for the RNLI to withstand the arduous conditions involved in high speed search and rescue operations.
This special boat needs a very special battery...
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Sunset watch for the Margate lifeboatman, a memorial to nine men who lost their lives in the early morning of December 2, 1897, when Margate town surf boat Friend of All Nations capsized on her way to help the ship Persian Empire of West... - View image in PDF
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The crew of St Peter Port, Guernsey, 52ft Arun class lifeboat Sir William Arnold who, on December 13, 1981, in winds gusting to hurricane force rescued 29 people from the Ecuadorian motor vessel Bonita (see page 77). It was a service for... - View image in PDF
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Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Notes of the Quarter by the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 A Powerboat Rescue by Ray Bulman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 The R.N.L.I, in Pakistan 64 Book Corner . ....
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Portrush, Co. Antrim - At 2.54 p.m.
on 17th December, 1966, a body was seen 180 yards offshore. The life-boat Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4} launched at 3 o'clock in a west south westerly gale and a rough sea. The...
THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION VOL. XLI MARCH 1968 No. 423 CONTENTS PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN ..................... 2 NOTES OF THE...
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There was a definite air of inter-rescue services co-operation when Tenby lifeboat crew won the RAF Brawdy 202 Squadron challenge trophy in a darts competition between Pembrokeshire rescue organisations. The £128.31 raised in the raffle... - View image in PDF
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Facts and figures Provisional statistics as at 14 November 1988, show that so far in 1988: The RNLI's lifeboats had been launched 3,387 times (an average of more than 9 launches a day) More than 1,099 lives had been saved (an average of...
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