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Postscript : Extracts from An Article By Captain Basil Hall An Inspector of Lifeboats at the Turn of the Century

Date: Winter 1978

Volume: 45

Issue: 463

Following the publication in the winter issue of THE LIFEBOAT of a description of the work of present-day divisional inspectors of lifeboats, here are some extracts from an article by the late Captain Basil Hall, RN, a one-time inspector of...

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Bookshelf

Date: Autumn 1992

Volume: 52

Issue: 522

No Day Too Long An Hydrographer's Tale by Rear Admiral G. S. Ritchie published by the Pent/and Press at £15.50 ISBN 1 872795 63 3 The chart is such a commonplace item aboard a boat that it is often taken for granted. But spare a...

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Mozambique Mission

Date: Spring 2000

Volume: 57

Issue: 552

You haven't got a cat's chance in hell of achieving anything in those boats' said one local, smiling knowingly as he looked at the HNLI's collection of D class lifeboats...To add further concern, a boatman with 20 years'...

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Water Safety Roadshow

Date: Summer 2003

Volume: 59

Issue: 565

Coming to a place near you soonSometimes good advice can be difficult to swallow, especially if it's on a subject close to your heart. This, coupled with the fact that people generally don't actively go out and seek advice, can be a...

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Fundraising

Date: Autumn 2005

Volume: 60

Issue: 574

Don't guess - Marinecall It's often said that the British are fixated with the weather and sailors are positively obsessed with it - and rightly so.

make it easier to get that all-important weather forecast, RNLI...

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Date: Spring 1998

Volume: 56

Issue: 544

Creyv^board^boat face danger and tragedy inside cave on Atlantic coastThe crew of the Arun stationed at Ballyglass on the exposed north west coast of Ireland faced unusual dangers last October when the lifeboat and her Y-Boat were involved...

The kindness of strangers

Date: Spring 2008

Volume: 61

Issue: 583

Kevin Payne dreamed of starting a new life by the Mediterranean. On 2 July 2007, he left Southampton in his 25m converted trawler Abundance, with friend George, Daisy the dog, Fluffy the cat, and everything he owned onboard. Mairéad...

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Remuneration for Saving Life from Shipwreck

Date: January 1854

Volume: 01

Issue: 11

ANY person who has travelled on our seacoasts, and has been in the habit of conversing with the fishermen and other seamen at the various ports, fishing-towns, and wateringplaces, on the subject of their rendering assistance to shipwrecked...

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The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1897

Date: November 1898

Volume: 17

Issue: 190

THE BOARD OP TRADE have recently! issued their very interesting Annual Blue Book, furnishing abstracts of the returns made to the Board of shipping casualties occurring on or near the coasts of the United Kingdom. The statistics now...

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The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1894

Date: February 1896

Volume: 16

Issue: 179

THE pressure of work thrown on the Board of Trade last year was so great that the Department was unable to issue until the close of the year their very valuable "Abstracts of the Shipping Casualties which occurred on or near the Coasts...

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