RNLI lifeguards were busy throughout Summer 2010 and, for those in north Cornwall, the most challenging day came right at the end of the season
Fine weather attracted thousands of Bank Holiday...
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Miss TAYLOR, of Hauxley, has been presented with the Coxswain's Certificate of Service which would have been awarded to her late father, GEORGE TAYLOR, Coxswain at Hauxley for twenty years, on his retirement, had he not, unfortunately,...
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Ix 1933, when he had been the Insti- tution's consulting naval architect for twenty-nine years, Mr. J. R. Barnett, O.B.E., M.Inst.N.A., published his Modern Motor Life-boats (Blackie, 7,9. 6d.). When he retired in 19-17, after...
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THE FOLLOWING ARE EXTRACTS FROM THE GENERAL RULES OF MANAGEMENT :— " Each Life-boat to have a Coxswain Superintendent, with a fixed Annual Salary of £8.
" The Life-boat to be regularly taken afloat for...
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THE PROTOTYPE of a new lifeboat to bridge the gap between the smaller offshore lifeboats and the Atlantic 21 ILB is under construction. Among the requirements for the new boat listed by the RNLI's Executive Committee were that it should...
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TIIK following awards were made to Coxswains during November and De- cember, 1920, and January, 1921 :-- To JAMES CHISHOLM, on his retirement after serving 28 years as Coxswain, and, previous to that, for 5 years as Second Coxswain of the St...
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WORLDWIDE, AN ESTIMATED 372,000 PEOPLE DROWN EVERY YEAR
In too many countries, drowning is the leading killer of children. It affects the poorest in our world first and worst: people caught in the rhythms of everyday life...
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Underwater presentation: Mr Colin Senior of Wakefield branch plunged to new depths to receive a cheque for £341.50 from the Wakefield Sub Aqua Club. The money was raised by a mile-long sponsored swim and was presented by Mr Terry... - View image in PDF
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Six lifeboats in search for missing Belgian trawler The new Tyne class lifeboat at Douglas, Isle of Man, had a testing time during her first service, in a search for a missing Belgian trawler which lasted for 11 hours in Force 7 winds and...
Travel the length and breadth of the Irish coastline and you will be greeted in almost every harbour of any size by the familiar blue-andorange livery of RNLI lifeboats.
At first this may come as no surprise, but between...
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