2 July: Dunbar, East Lothian When Dunbar lifeboat crew sped to a sinking fishing boat, they feared they had arrived too late – the fishing boat’s bow was all that could be seen. Crew Member Alistair Punton jumped...
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V.—MARGATE.
The Quiver, No. I.
This Life-boat is 34 feet long with 8 feet 3 inches beam, and pulls 10 oars.
A LIFE-BOAT Station was first formed at the town of Margate, under the...
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Stromness lifeboat Violet, Dorothy and Kathleen. - View image in PDF
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The first of May 2002 was a very special day for the RNLI, Falmouth lifeboat station and the county of Cornwall. Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, started her Golden Jubilee tour of Great Britain in Cornwall and...
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An RNLI team travelled to Bangladesh in March to help set up the country’s first lifesaving club. And, on 16 April, club member Mohammed Abdul Sukkur saved his first life, rescuing a drowning tourist from a rip...
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This method of membership recruitment is a part of the RNLI'sfundraising strategy, and its success is closely monitored to obtain the best long-term results.. - View image in PDF
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Liverpool lifeboat, The Elliott Gill, seen on her own carriage on the exhibition site, was stationed at Runswick 1954- 1970. 35' 6" overall, she is an open boat, with small shelter, and has twin 20 hp diesel engines. She is a... - View image in PDF
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Mary Taylor of Padstow is a prolific fund raiser. During the financial year ending September 1985 she raised a magnificent £1,250—all the more remarkable when you find out that she makes all the items she sells herself. Throughout the... - View image in PDF
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ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION SPORTING APPEAL Distinctive trophies are available to sporting clubs wishing to raise funds for the Institution by organising competitions anywhere in Great Britain and Ireland.
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Swanage, Dorset - At 4.12 p.m. on 2nd July, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing red flares just west of Broad Bench, and that there was a possibility that a second yacht was dismasted in the area. The...