Destined for life-boat stations all over the U.K., the first ever delivery of Martell cognac was recently received at the R.N.L.I. Depot at Borehamwood, Herts. Taken in the depot's rigging loft, the picture shows (left to right)... - View image in PDF
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RNLI crew members and fundraisers were among the guests at the Buckingham Palace garden party on 14 July. Rhyl Coxswain Peter Robinson (pictured meeting HM The Queen) says: ‘It was an honour for my wife and myself to attend and we thoroughly...
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Danish coaster capsized RAME HEAD Coastguard reported to Plymouth deputy launching authority at 1403 on January 16 that the Danish coaster Merc Enterprise was in serious difficulties 23 miles south of Plymouth breakwater, and that her crew...
Lifeboat station histories The History of the Penmon and Beaumaris Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author The northern end of the Menai Straits is one of the areas where changing times and use of the sea has led to considerable...
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The Pilgrimage to Dunkirk, 4th June, 1950. By Commander J. M. Upton, R.D., R.N.R.
THE Margate life-boat Lord South- borough glided down the slipway at eleven in the morning on Saturday, the 3rd of June, to repeat,...
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On the 2nd October the Life-boat Mary, on this station, was taken off by a volunteer crew to assist four fishing-cobles, which, while making for the harbour, were in much danger on account of the very heavy sea running round the pier-head....
telephonic message was received from the Coast- guard at Wick, stating that four fishing yawls were in distress in Wick Bay and making their way north. The sea j at the time was very heavy and the j weather was cold and hazy. ...
The Lloyd's Register Educational Trust (The LRET) generously donated £174,000 to the RNLI in 2011, helping us train 258 crew members in sea survival and firefighting.
The LRET is an independent charity working to...
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