South Western Division French trawler in tow A FRENCH TRAWLER, Keriolet, in tow of the cable ship Iris and in need of help was reported to the honorary secretary of Clovelly, North Devon, by the Coastguard at 1610 on Thursday, January 17....
Roy and Barbara Harding at Her Naming Ceremony At Galway Bay (Photo Courtesy Lt Col Brian Clark). - View image in PDF
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Above (L-R): Coastguard helicopter Winchman Billy Deacon was swept to his death; Gold Medallist Coxswain Hewitt Clark Photo: Edward Wake-Walker. - View image in PDF
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Two crew rescued from disabled catamaran after rigging cut free Falmouth lifeboat coxswain Alan Barnes and crew member Peter Wood have been awarded the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum following the rescue of two people and...
An event for every tasteRNLI doesn't mean that you have to organise your own event. Maybe you fancy something a little different or physically demanding?The RNLI is involved in hundreds of fun and action-packed fundraising events...
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The National Lifeboat Museum at Princes Wharf, Wapping Road, Bristol, is being opened at weekends this summer with a temporary exhibition occupying a quarter of the available area.
Among the exhibits are a Weyburn engine,... - View image in PDF
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Panic can paralyse. For nutritional therapist Julie Brooks (45), it struck during an activity she had completed many times before – walking from her holiday digs in Lydstep, Pembrokeshire, to Tenby. But this time, the tide came in quicker...
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Launches 16 Lives rescued 11 INISHBOFIN, CO. GALWAY. During the morning of the 4th of January, 1943, the Valentia radio received a message that the Barrister, of Liverpool, was ashore off Skird Rocks. Later the position was given Inishshark...
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IN our issue for November we published the second list of the Gold and Silver Medals voted by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION to officers of the Royal Navy and Marines, in acknowledge- ment of their gallant deeds in saving life from...
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RICHARD WAKELEY, aged 12, of Perm Cottage, Nore Road, Portishead, is probably the youngest editor of a nau- tical review to donate his sales profits to the Institution.
He writes, illustrates and distributes carbon copies...
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