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Pictured here, the production prototype of the RNLI's proposed fast carriage-launched lifeboat is currently undergoing extensive technical and operational trials, as part of its continuing evaluation. It is anticipated that the trials... - View image in PDF

DECEMBER 18TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.

At 3.50 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that the motor vessel Esso Ottawa, of Liverpool, was drifting towards the Newcombe Sands. She was a tanker of 900 tons and had a crew...

THE only two living survivors ofthe Aldeburgh life-boat disaster in 1899 were guests of honour at a dinner given by Ipswich supporters of the Institution to the present crew of the Aldeburgh life-boat, and their wives, at Ipswich on the...

As the recession continues, your support for the RNLI is more important than ever.

Six out of ten lifeboat launches are only possible thanks to legacy gifts. While we expect the number of gifts to increase over the coming...

Again, on the 31st January, one of the most gallant of the many gallant Life- boat services that are from time to time recorded took place in the neighbourhood of Montrose. For two days previously a strong gale had blown from the south- east...

Penlee, Cornwall - At 7 p.m. on 5th July, 1966, news was received that there was a sick man on board the Liberian tanker Alnair of Monrovia, which was some distance out. The life-boat Solomon Browne was launched at 4.25 a.m. on 6th July in a...

On the 9th May, the schooner Speed, of Wexford, was observed anchored close to the rocks off this place, during a strong gale of wind and heavy sea.

The captain, fearing that his vessel would drive on the rocks, hoisted...