‘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.
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 2.8 early on the morning of the 20th of March, 1953, the Gorles- ton coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Briardene, of Sunderland, had collided with the S. S. Roine, of Helsi...
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Thursday, 8th January, 1852. THOMAS WILSON, Esq., in the chair.
The minutes of the previous meeting having been confirmed,— It was resolved, on an application from the Local Committee at Aldborough, Suffolk, to grant from...
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ON TRIAL - FAST AFLOAT BOAT PROTOTYPE TAKES TO THE WATER The RNLI must always have an eye of sea rescue many years ahead. 0 latest design of Fast Afloat Boat (R is designed to achieve even highi retaining - and even imprc standards of I...
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Round Table 50th anniversary appeal At their National Conference held at Blackpool in May, Round Table delegates from all over Britain and Ireland voted to raise funds for a Waveney lifeboat. The appeal is to mark the 50th anniversary of the...
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Stromness, Orkneys.—At 1.15 early on the morning of the 4th of May, 1957,the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned to say a message had been received that a vessel was ashore in Hoy Sound.
The life-boat Archibald & Alexander M...
Gregory Conneely, chairman of Galway and Aran Fishermen's Co-Operative Society, presents a cheque for £1,500, the result of a proportion of its fish auction being made over to the RNLI. (1. to r.) Noel Mickey, chairman of Galway... - View image in PDF
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