CAISTER.—On the 4th June a dense fog prevailed. It lifted at times, and in one of the intervals the look-out man observed a large steamer in close proximity to the Scroby Sand, and signalguns were fired from the Cookie and St. Nicholas Light...
Now, charity begins at work There's a new way of giving to the RNLI, called Give As You Earn. You join at work and it makes the money you give worth more.
That's because the donation is taken out of your pay by your...
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PRACTICE LAUNCH WITH HORSES LENT BY GENERAL SIR D. A. KINLOCH, BART., C.B., M.V.C.. - View image in PDF
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During mode- rate but very thick weather on the 8th August, the s.s. Tarnholm, of Copen- hagen, bound from Dunkirk to New- castle, stranded on the Barber Sands opposite the Life-boat shed. She was observed at about 6 P.M. and the No. 2...
Training simulatorThe future of training With lives at risk at sea, the RNLI takes its training very seriously, but serious training doesn't have to be dull or old-fashionedImagine you're out on a shout in storm force conditions....
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In a dense fog on the afternoon of the 23rd June the Red Star liner Gothland, from Montreal to Rotterdam, with passengers and a cargo of wheat, ran ashore on the Crim Rocks. Information of the casualty was at once transmitted by means of...
" GOD bless the" Life-boat Men.
"Long live the Noble" Men, " God bless the" Men.
And may they ever be When, toss'd on stormy sea, In safety kept by Thee.
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The Sovac Radiant, with the Dover life-boat and three tugs at work (See page 332). - View image in PDF
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The Christmas break may already seem like a distant memory but readers will know that, while they were tucking into their turkey, many volunteer Lifeboat crews had given up the comfort and safety of home to save the Lives of others in coLd...
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ST. IVES.—Signals of distress having been shown by a vessel lying at anchor in the bay, while a strong gale was blowing from N.N.E. with a heavy sea, the Lifeboat Exeter was launched at I.d5 A.M.
on the 27th March. The...