Three rescued from tug after night collision with coaster Shane Coleman, Second Coxswain/Mechanic of the Lowestoft lifeboat has been awarded the RNLI's Bronze medal for bravery for rescuing three men from a sinking tug with the Lowestoft...
THE ninety-second Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION was held in the Council Chamber at the Caxton Hall, Westminster, on Wednesday, March 29th, 1916, at 3.30 P.M. The Eight Hon. the Earl of Plymouth, P.O.,...
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As in the general course of commerce in Europe, British vessels visit every part of the narrow seas, and especially the Kattegat and the Baltic (seeing that of the 15,000 vessels that annually pass the Sound up and down, fully one quarter...
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As a memorial to Motor Mechanic R. F. 'Bob' Appleby of Filey, who collapsed and died on June 23, 1974, just as the lifeboat was about to be launched on service, Filey lifeboatmen are adding a rest room, changing room and look-out to... - View image in PDF
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Since the war ended the Institution has been in touch with several of the foreign life-boat services. In September 1944, as soon as France was liberated, it heard from the French service which reported that it had suffered great...
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Conference: (r. to I.) Commander David Wilford, RNR, superintendent of depot, Mick Wheeler, assistant superintendent of works depot, and Ron Taylor, machine shop foreman.. - View image in PDF
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On the morn- ing of the 17th of November a vessel was seen burning a light as a signal of distress during a strong gale from S.S.E., and in a heavy sea. The Grocers' life-boat, sta- tioned at Mundesley, was at once got ready, and...
THE RNLI'S PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES contain thousands of lifeboat pictures which not only document the progress in boats and equipment but also provide an insight to changing social conditions.
The selection on these pages...
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I WAS just finishing my tea and con- gratulating myself that we had no calls for a fortnight, although it was winter and a stormy one at that, when the news came. There was a loud, sharp knock at the door. Bess (my wife) looked up from...
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Yacht saved BRIXHAM COASTGUARD contacted Exmouth lifeboat station on the morning of Friday June 21, 1985 with the news that a yacht was in difficulties one mile off shore to the east of Sidmouth. Six minutes later, at 1046, the station's...