THE work of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, in saving life from Shipwreck in the year 1872, may thus be briefly summarised:— Lives saved.
By Life-boats 569 By Shore-boats and other means, for -whose services the...
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OCTOBER 14TH.. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. On the night of the 13th the Carne look-out post reported that it had heard a ship give three blasts on her whistle near Findale Perch, and thought she must have gone aground. The weather was...
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Facts and Figures In 1986 the RNLI's lifeboats have so far launched 1,550 times, saving 686 lives.
In 1985 lifeboats launched 3,882 times (an average of over 10 times each day) and saved 1,744 lives (an average of over...
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Limited Edition Prints Passing Longstone The Liverpool class lifeboat Grace Darling stationed at Seahouses passing Longstone lighthouse in the 1960s.
Passing Beachy Head The Beach class Watson Beryl Tollemache of Eastbourne...
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THREE LIFE-BOATMEN OVERBOARD NOVEMBER 9TH - 10TH. - MONTROSE, AND BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. Shortly after six in the evening an Admiralty tug was bombed from the air. The Montrose coxswain saw the bombs dropping. Thinking that the life-boat...
• The first edition of The Small-Boat Skipper's Safety Book by Denny Desoutter (Hollis and Carter, £1.95) was published in 1972. The revised second edition published this year is in the light, no doubt, of after thoughts; but it...
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The work of the Institution mainly consists of:— 1. Building, equipping and maintaining Life-boats, transporting carriages, boathouses and slipways, wherever required on the coasts of the United Kingdom.
2. Payments...
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How each £100 of the Institution's Expenditure was laid out in 1933.
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59 0 6 ••• • •• •••• ••• •• ••i B Construction, Repairs, Upkeep and Inspection of Life-boats and Life-...
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