Aberdeen: On Sunday May 29 Aberdeen's D class inflatable lifeboat, manned by Helmsman Stuart Durno and Crew Members James Ferguson and Allan Charles, launched to the aid of a youth stranded on cliffs inaccessible from the land. When the... - View image in PDF
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There are many facets to the running of a nation-wide lifeboat service, and transport is a vital, if usually inconspicuous, aspect.
The latest addition to the RNLI's road fleet is this 17 ton Mercedes 1726, a 260hp, V8... - View image in PDF
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Look out for RNLI textile collection bags coming through UK letterboxes this Summer. Fill them up with your unwanted clothes and Local Community Recycling Services Ltd will recycle them on our behalf.
A 5-month pilot and a...
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THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 154 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to May 31st, 1950 - 76,899 Twenty-Four Spanish Sailors Rescued A Service by Ilfracombe,...
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Ferry good idea! Pictured above are 'Hobblers' - the ferrymen who bring visitors over to St Michaels Mount from Marazion between April and the end of October.
They each carry a lifeboat collection box on board and...
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Below: The Royal British Legion Jubilee, as she left the Thames after the ceremony, passing the Houses of Parliament.. - View image in PDF
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THURSDAY, 8th October, 1903.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
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THE thousands who collect for the Institution on life-boat days and who are sometimes told by those to whom they appeal that " these flag days are a perfect nuisance " may find a useful reply in the following letter, which appeared...
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Lifesavers 60 years ago - the above photograph of St Andrews lifeboat crew was given to Michael Ashley, RNLI regional manager south east, from a lady at a local branch meeting.
St Andrews lifeboat station, Fifeshire,... - View image in PDF
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In looking over the list of wrecks, no one can fail to be struck at the prominent position occupied by the officers and men of the Coast-Guard Service on all such occasions.
The records of the National Shipwreck Insti-...
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