IN spite of the diatribes of pacificists against war as a relic of barbarism and the embodiment of all evil, the present stupendous struggle has once again proved that, notwithstanding the horrors, t h e misery and the grief which war brings...
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Tanker ablaze NEWS OF A COLLISION between the 76,000-tonne Greek tanker Orleans and a 295-tonne Dutch fishing vessel, Jan Van Toon, reached Cromer lifeboat station at 0815 on the morning of Friday January 24, 1986. The tanker, about 65 miles...
JUNE 7TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. A request was received from the principal light-keeper at Tuskar Rock for the life-boat to bring ashore a sick man from the light-house. A very strong southwest gale was blowing, with a very rough...
JANUARY 1ST. - POOLE AND BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET. On New Year’s Eve, at about 9.30 P.M., the coastguard notified the life-boat authorities that a boat was ashore on Christchurch Bar, but not in immediate danger. A moderate E. wind was blowing...
The Annual Report of the Institution for 1929 will be issued shortly after the Annual Meeting of the Governors on 11th April, and we publish the following article in the hope that many of those who have in the past considered the Annual...
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XXV.-ST. MARY'S, SCILLY ISLES.
The Henry Dundas, 37 feet long, 9 feet beam, 10 oars.
THIS Life-boat was stationed at St. Mary's, the capital of the Scilly Isles, in 1874. Previous to that time it...
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Are you planning a self-catering holiday this year?
Cottages4you is offering RNLI supporters a 5% discount on stays in their holiday homes around the UK, RoI, France and Italy. What’s more, for every booking made by a...
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THIS Committee was appointed on the 2nd of May last to enquire into the existing laws and regulations regarding boats, life-buoys and other life-saving gear required to be carried by British merchant ships, and to report if any amendments...
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AT the Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Mansion House, by the kind permission of the LORD MAYOR of London, on Thursday, the 28th of February, 1867, His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.,...
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Below: A reconstruction of the rescue for television Photo: Nigel Millard. - View image in PDF
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