In hurricane force winds, Ballycotton lifeboat crew launched to the aid of eight men on a lightship near Daunt Rock. 70 years on, it's a feat of courage and endurance still seen as one of the most demanding rescues in RNLI...
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Honorary Life Governors Three honorary life governors have been appointed in recognition of their services to the Institution. At the annual general meeting of the governors of the Institution on yth April, 1964, each was presented wth a...
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Making RNLI history work for the futureHeritage is very important to the RNLI. It's not just about having a collection of lifeboats and equipment from yesteryear, it is also about social history. Over the years the RNLI has amassed a...
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IN a former Number of this Journal we published a description, with illustrations, of this valuable little instrument. Subsequently, in 1867, the Committee of the Institution presented to J. MACGREGOR, Esq., the founder of the " Canoe...
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A 15 year old youth ran up to a group of fishermen by the harbour at Dunbar, East Lothian, and told them that his brother had been washed off the rocks at the harbour entrance.
Coxswain Robert Brunton, who was present with...
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AT the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL SHIPWRECK INSTITUTION held at the London Tavern on Thursday the 22nd day of April, 1852, REAR-ADMIRAL His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, PRESIDENT, in the Chair, The following Report of the...
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Zodiac Inflatables, the incomparable blow-up boats from France are portable, rigid and designed to be directionally stable with full manoeuvrability. What's more they are long lasting-designed to operate in continuous rugged...
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Naming ceremonies Henry Alston Hewatai Mallaig Mallaig's new all-weather Severn class lifeboat was named after the father of Catherine Hewat of Glasgow, who funded the majority of the £1,8m lifeboat with a bequest in excess of £...
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THURSDAY, 4th January, 1883.
Sir EDWARD PERROTT, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the pre- vious Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-...
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MONTBOSE.—At 10.5 A.M., on the 26th November, the No. 2 Life-boat The Roman Governor of Caer Hun was launched to the assistance of the schooner Familiens Saab, of Frederikshald, laden with pit props, which was driven ashore during a strong...