POHTHDINLLAEN, NORTH WALES. At ,' 11 o'clock on the night of the 6th Sept., j 1884, the coxswain of the Life-boat, took up his station at the watch-house, j so as to be in readiness should the ser-vices of the boat be required, as...
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Thursday, 2nd Dec., 1858. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
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One man's courage A young man swept into the sea and crushed against rocks would surely have died were it not for the brave actions of lifeboatman Fergal Walsh. With no regard for the risk to himself he plunged into the sea to save the...
Keith Thatcher, RNLI Naval Architect, continues a series of profiles of lifeboat classes Many people's image of a lifeboat launch is of a boat plummeting down a slipway into rough seas, disappearing into a cloud of spray at the foot of...
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The Duke of Kent has accepted the Institution's invitation to become its next President. This was announced formally at the annual general meeting of the Governors of the Institution on 25th March (see page 618). The Duke of Kent thus... - View image in PDF
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There is nothing you might not be called upon to do as honorary secretary of an RNL1 fund-raising branch. Bob Proudlock, honorary secretary of Wolverhampton branch, proved this point when West Midlands Police Sub-Aqua Club, having swum five... - View image in PDF
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Stormy Stan, the hero of 'Storm Force', the RNLI's club for the under-16s, appears regularly in the club's magazine Storm Force News. Here is a taster of the tales he spins and the advice he gives to young...
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Readers will have heard about the recent tragedy at Lancashire's Morecambe Bay when 20 cockle pickers died after becoming trapped by rising tides Morecambe's inshore lifeboat and hovercraft, together with Fleetwood's all weather...
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Launches 113. Lives rescued 119.
AUGUST 1ST. - BARRA ISLAND , HEBRIDES. At 2.30 A.M. a telegram was received from the coastguard at Kyle that a ship’s boat under sail with men on board had been seen at 9.30 P.M. the night...
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JANUARY 8TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.
At 10.40 in the morning the port war signal station at Teesmouth reported two vessels in distress off the port. The Teesmouth lifeboat crew were assembled and...