Starting them young! Eleven month old Adam Sheahan pictured left, has to be one of the RNLI's youngest fundraisers. He spent a day with his grandma, May Perkins, when she went out collecting on behalf of Hertford fundraising branch. The... - View image in PDF
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The defeat of Germany's air attack on this country in the autumn of 1940, known as the Battle of Britain, lasted, according to the official accounts, from August 8th. to October 31st. During these 85 days life-boats were launched to the...
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The memorial plaque in the Caister, Norfolk, Life-boat shed to the life-boatmen who were drownod when the local boat capsized on 14th Nc.'eniber, 1301, with the loss of nine lives.
Ar.icny ;!!ose who perished were... - View image in PDF
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The service of the same Life-boat on the 20th January, is thus reported in The East Anglian Daily Times :— "Those who were on Harwich pier between nine and ten on the morning of the 21st January, will not readily forget the scene...
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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Prince Michael of Kent was one of several distinguished visitors to the RNLI's stand at the London Boat Show. He is pictured talking to Wells lifeboatmen 'Sonny' Warner (right) and James Case aboard the slation's new Mersey... - View image in PDF
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crew acquitted themselves with distinction in spite of the fact that two of the members were in their 50s. Rowing an unfamiliar type of craft known as a Monamoy, they won their heat against a formidable crew representing the US National...
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Photograph above was taken during capsize and righting exercise. The crew, clear of the Atlantic 21 but attached to her by lifeline, have pulled the activating cord, gas has been released into buoyancy bag and the boat is righting. Note... - View image in PDF
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Just one of the many naming ceremonies for inshore lifeboats held in Wales during September - the D class at Conwy. Miss Joan Bate names the station's new D class Arthur Bate after her brother who provided the legacy which funded the... - View image in PDF
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SINCE the end of the war in 1945 the number of calls for life-boat assistance emanating from yachtsmen—a term used as conveniently indicating people who go to sea for pleasure rather than profit—has steadily increased. Life-boat calls to...
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