Special Reader Holiday Offers Lifeboats Every booking benefits the RNL I Holidays For Single Travellers 4* Party Weekend - Black Tie Bash 2 Days • 4th February 2006 • Hotel accommodation for one night at the 4* Hanover, Hinckley "In The...
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An excep- tionally severe gale was experienced on all coasts of the United Kingdom on the 22nd February, and about 12.40 P.M.
the steam Life-boat Duke of Northumber- land was called out to the assistance of the s.s. Bencroy...
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On the morning of the 9th February the Cox- swain of the Life-boat Queensbury went off in his coble, intending to go to his crab-pots. When well outside the break- water he found the sea very heavy and increasing. Knowing that several...
The ketch Galley, of Gloucester, carrying a crew of three hands, was caught in a bad squall on the 13th December, and had her sails blown away. She then drifted about three-quarters of a mile until near the rocks, where she dropped...
THE photograph on the cover is of Coxswain Frederick Palmer of Wey- mouth, who first joined the Weymouth crew in 1926. Since then Weymouth life-boats have been launched on service 240 times and have rescued 180 lives.
He...
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The Chemring SC4 Radar Corner Reflector Developed in conjunction with the RNLI and adopted by RNLI exclusively (Stores ref D1/3016) for use on their high performance Lifeboats in both inshore and offshore waters.
Royal...
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READY FOR ACTION When rescue services are called out in extremely rough weather conditions, confidence is assured when supported by a lifeboat thats tough & reliable. FBM have been building tough and reliable boats for many years, since...
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Trent Lifeboat The Trent class is the smaller of the RNLI's new lifeboat designs which have been designed to replace the Waveney and Arun classes of lifeboat.
There are now 21 Trents in service and their coxswains and...
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RNLI SOS day 2010 is on 29 January, so now is the time to really get planning.
Burns night celebrations are a popular SOS activity for those in Scotland (or those who just wish they were in Scotland!), and Talisker whisky...
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