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RNLI Videos Lifeboats 24/7 £8.00* The story of the RNLI with rescue reconstructions Building support for lifeboats £8.00* Constructing the lifeboat shore facilities Five minutes with the RNLI plus f) Saved by a motor lifeboat...
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Notes of the Quarter
TWIN ENGINED inflatable lifeboats have been designated the C class. This is to distinguished them from the single engined 15ft 6in D class inflatables, well known all round the coast. All C class boats at the moment are 17ft 6in Zodiac Mk IV...
Category: Articles
Lowering Ships' Boats at Sea
IN December, 1859, the Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION presented to Mr. CHARLES CLIFFORD, of London, a vote of thanks,' inscribed on vellum, in acknowledgment of his indefatigable exertions in inventing and...
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Two Dinghies (2)
Seven lifeboat stations involved in 21 hour search for missing anglersA complex service on 14 April 1991 involved all seven lifeboat stations from Dover to Newhaven, lasted 21 hours and involved searching of an area of 3,400 square miles for...
Memorandum
The rule of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT IN- STITUTION for the distribution of Salvage payments to the Life-boat men when they have saved vessels with their crews on board, having been at some places misunderstood, the Committee refer the several...
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Try Coastal Spring!
Feeling thirsty? Keep an eye out for Coastal Spring Cornish spring water, which is sold in support of the RNLI.
For every plastic bottle of Coastal Spring sold in shops, and elegant glass bottles sold in bars and...
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Flamborough
FLAMBOROUGH, Sunday May 12,1985: Flamborough's 37ft Oakley class lifeboat, Will and Fanny Kirby, launched at 1207. The Filey fishing coble, Gaidan, had been crabbing close in under the cliffs, north of Flamborough Head. The weather was... - View image in PDF
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Regular Customers of the Brewery Shades Pub Crawley Raised £89 By Dropping Coins and Notes Behind a Glass Screen In the Bar a Competition to Guess How Much
Regular customers of the Brewery Shades pub, Crawley, raised £89 by dropping coins and notes behind a glass screen in the bar.
A competition to guess how much was behind the screen was won by Rufus, a dog.
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Category: Photographs
District Inspectors
In recent months several new appointments of district life-boat inspectors and assistant inspectors have been made. Below is an up to date list of their names and addresses.
Scottish—Lieut-Commander L. A. FORBES, R.N., 52,...
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Marie (1)
PALLING, NORFOLK.—On the 15th January, at 7.30, A.M., during squally weather, a vessel was observed ashore on the Hasborough Sand. The No. 2 Life-boat British Workman was launched and proceeded to the distressed vessel, which proved to be...