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Lifeboat Services
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
Below: Some of the Myriad Items Made at Cowes Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Below: Some of the myriad items made at Cowes Inshore Lifeboat Centre to turn mflatables into inflatable lifeboats intrigue young visitors.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Atlantic 21 Class Rigid Inflatable
Atlantic 21 Class Rigid Inflatable. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sketch of the Progress Made In the Construction of Coast Life-Boats. 1795—1900. No. 1
To review the progress made in the Life-boats used on the Coast of Great Britain between the years 1785 and 1900 would be practically to go into the whole history of Life-boat construction, but it is intended in this article only to touch...
Category: Articles
Stephanie Jane
Four saved from MFV among rocks in hurricane-force gustsCoxswain David Chant of the St Davids lifeboat, Dyfed, has been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for bravery following the rescue of four fishermen in severe gales on 26...
Danny La Rue
It was far from being a drag for Danny La Rue to open the summer fair organised by Bridlington ladies' lifeboat guild. He is seen here with Australian pianist Wayne King signing the guild's special table cloth which carries the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.—On the 6th January two members of the Life- boat's crew were out fishing in one of the small boats belonging to Skegness, when a north-westerly gale sprang up, and shortly after three o'clock in the after-...
Category: Services
Notes of the Quarter
THE sad story of the acting Selsey coxswain, Douglas Arnell, who was obliged to relinquish his post because of colour blindness, was widely reported in the press earlier this year. It may therefore be helpful to explain the RNLI's...
Category: Articles
Our Boys
At 1.30 A.M.
on the 6th May a sailing trawler was observed on the North Bank, and the No. 2 Life-boat Leicester was launched to her assistance. She stood by the vessel until she commenced to break up ; the crew of four...
Response and Responsibility
For the hard-pressed citizens of 1940s Europe, the truth of the slogan ‘waste not, want not’ was proven every day. In 2010, the message is being embraced anew by the RNLI to help it meet its responsibilities and to stretch donations ever...
Category: Articles