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BOOKs From cargos of coffee and tobacco to the thrills of speedboat testing, from learning the ropes to total disaster - Carol Waterkeyn and Sam Price review four more titles to bring you closer to the sea Unless other ordering details are...
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Capella (1)
Joint service saves vessel and crew St Bees inshore lifeboat and Workington's relief all-weather Mersey worked together to save the 65ft fishing vessel Capella and her crew of four on 14 July 1996.
The St Bees Atlantic...
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CARSHALTOX (SURREY).—Whist Drive.
CRANFORD (MIDDLESEX). — Whist Drive.
ELSTREE (HERTFORDSHIRE). —• On 28th June a Garden Party given by Sir Trevor and Lady Dawson at...
Category: Branches
The Breadth of the Life-Boat Appeal
By EDGAR H. JOHNSON, F.C.I.S., District Organizing Secretary for the North of England.I HAVE recently addressed on behalf of tie Life-boat Service three very different audiences—the business men of Manchester at a luncheon of the Rotary Club...
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RNLI FAMILY: THE LIFE OF THE CHARITY
Station to station
Lifeboat superfan Harry Mascall is celebrating an important milestone on his mission to visit every one of the RNLI’s 237 stations. The 8-year-old Storm Force member from Cheshire enjoyed When Connie Richards,...
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Strength and depth
In the English Channel, there are breaking swells higher than houses. Shrieking winds whip up a storm of snow, sleet and spray. Amidst it all, a huge cargo ship named Bonita, with 36 people onboard, has rolled onto her side....
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston: the Coaster Sea Rhine Her Cargo Shifted Founders Her Mate Had Been Taken Off By the 44' Waveney Lifeboat Khami
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston: The coaster Sea Rhine, her cargo shifted, founders. Her mate had been taken off by the 44' Waveney lifeboat Khami.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Keel Life-Lines
AN expedient has been suggested by Lieut. E. G. BUTLER, E.N., to enable persons upset in a boat to hold on by her until succour reaches them. As it appears to be one of those simple and inexpensive plans which might be universally adopted...
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Priceless support
More rescues than ever, a stormy economic climate, and plans to save more lives in the future: the RNLI’s AGM in May addressed a host of challenges …
Ladies and Gentlemen, set against everything we do is that continuing...
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A French Yacht Rescued on the Coast of Jersey
THE night of the 27th of September, 1951, was very dark and overcast at St. Helier, in Jersey. A fresh wind was blowing from the south-south- west; there was a swell rising from six to eight feet; and heavy storms of rain made visibility...
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