In the case of the Walton rescue, the Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 was called out at 10.30 P.M. on the 29th December, a telephone message having reported that the s.s. Peregrine was ashore on the Longsand with about 60 passengers on board,...
Mr. Robert Stewart and Mr. Andrew Scott of Amble have become the first men ever to be awarded medals for gallantry by the R.N.L.I. for a service carried out in one of the Institution's inshore rescue boats. The service was a combined...
Category: Services
Hovercraft accident AT 1614 on the afternoon of Saturday March 30, 1985, the cross-channel hovercraft, Princess Margaret, radioed to Dover port control that she had collided with the breakwater on entering the harbour. It was cloudy with...
GREENORE, Co. LOUTH. — The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a Life-boat station at Greenore, Carlingford Lough, in consequence of the urgent representation of several important authorities and local residents, who considered...
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January storm ON SUNDAY JANUARY 6, 1985, northnorth- easterly winds of force 9 to storm force 10 hit the east coast and at 1812 that evening a message was received from the Sealink roll-on roll-off ferry, Speedlink Vanguard, that she had...
The RNLI provides its volunteers with the best lifeboats, equipment and training for the job, and so it must. But sometimes, nothing is a match for the sheer ferocity of NatureWhen a lifeboat crew launch to the rescue, their own safety is...
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SIR,—As there have been so many changes of late years in all that is connected with sailors and ships, the loss of life at sea is a subject well worth considering during what may be termed the experimental period. The loss is not so great...
Category: Correspondence
South East Division Sick man taken off in gale AN IRISH CONTAINER SHIP, Bell Rover, contacted Dover coastguard on the evening of Tuesday November 20,1984, seeking medical advice about one of her crew members who was sick. After consultation...
Category: Services
In this issue News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat Services 10 Including Bronze Medal and Vellum services Blackpool Illuminated 16 Jon Jones looks at the RNLI's latest Visitor Centre and the new lifeboat...
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Jean Rowe, the new Mayor of Restormel Borough Council in Cornwall (below), chose the RNLI as one of three charities which will benefit from an official programme of fundraisng during her year in office.. - View image in PDF
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