(Right) Roy Caws of Cowes Base Explains The Finer Points of A D Class Inflatable To A Visitor at Cowes. - View image in PDF
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The loss of a comrade It is almost 10 years since RNLI Coxswain Hewitt Clark and Coastguard Winchman Billy Deacon attended the Green Lily, struggling in ferocious conditions off the Shetland Isles. Only one of these two brave men was to...
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When HRH The Prince of Wales visited Connah's Quay, Deeside, on July II, he met Garry Jones, station honorary secretary (c.) and Flint lifeboatmen who were there to launch their D class inflatable lifeboat down the new slipway built as... - View image in PDF
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Despite being nearly 188 years old, the lifeboat service never stands still
How do you decide where to locate a lifeboat station and what kind of craft should be housed there? That’s the job of...
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Lifeboat Services from page 118 July 6, 26. 28. August 10, 11, 23 and 24 (twice) Crimdon Dene, Co Durham D class inflatable: June 15. 28, July 28, August 16 and 24 Cromer, Norfolk 48ft din Oakley: June 23 D class inflatable: July 12, August...
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The first D class JLB to be funded from the stamp appeal organised by Barrie Smale, 17 Station Road, Okehampton, Devon, is stationed at Holyhead. She is seen here with crew members and shore helpers on the day a commemorative plaque was... - View image in PDF
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The Whaley Bridge branch committee members and their spouses await the arrival of 500 local people who, over the last 12 years, have supported their annual ploughman's lunch held in the barn and grounds of Mrs A Leonard, the branch... - View image in PDF
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Countess Mountbatten puts to sea from the RNLI's Poole depot quay aboard the first Trent class lifeboat shortly after naming her Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma.. - View image in PDF
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The crew of Porthcawl's D class lifeboat during the service - Helmsman Stuart Roberts in the foreground (Silver Medal), flanked by crew members Carl and Wayne Evans (Thanks on Vellum). - View image in PDF
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CLOse up Innovation stations Providing more than just a reassuring reminder of the RNLI’s presence, the charity’s 232 stations are as carefully designed as the lifeboats they house.
Elizabeth Paine finds out more When a...
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