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Thought you would like a copy of this photo [main picture], shot from the lifeboat during the tow-in of the Norwegian boat Keltic in poor weather.
Would you have any footage of a Severn...
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ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
(Supported solely by Voluntary Contributions.) ITS OBJECT AND WORK.
The work of the Institution mainly consists of— 1. Building, equipping and maintaining Life-boats...
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Miss SUSAN JANICE PRICE, of Greaves County Secondary School, Lancaster, won the first prize in the competition for the best essay on the Life-boat Service organised by the Institution.
Other Prizes The prizes for the best...
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It is with deep regret that we record the following deaths: June, 1984 Robert John Gammon, motor mechanic of The Mumbles lifeboat from 1947 to 1971 after serving for three months as assistant motor mechanic. Mr Gammon was awarded the Royal...
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GOLDEN CHARTER Pre-Paid Funeral Plans The most thoughtful decision you could make.
THERE COMES A TIME IN LIFE when it's natural to think about loved ones and what you'd like to leave them.
Not the...
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PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN l86 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 187 NEW DEPOT SUPERINTENDENT l88 SWIFTLY REPLACED AFTER DAMAGE 188 OBITUARY 189 FOCUS ON GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON IQI IRISH COXSWAIN'S BRAVERY 195 TRAWLER STRIKES CLIFF FACE 196 RESCUE...
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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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Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 2 November show that so far during 1990: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 3,594 times (an average of more than 9 launches a day) More than 1,190 lives were saved (an average of nearly 3...
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Harwell Apprentice Training School raised £355 for the lifeboats by winning the 24-hour pedal race at Bristol last February; the team finished first in afield of 24, beating its nearest rival by eight miles. Mrs Wendy Nelson, RO (South)... - View image in PDF
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The brand new Lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society Handbook 2015 is out now, priced at £7.
This annual guide includes up-to-date details of all the RNLI’s offshore and inshore lifeboats, and is the most complete listing...
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