On 6th April,1970, Captain Carlos Carreira and Captain Rogerio Pinto of the Portuguese Life-boat Society, in the course of a visit to R.N.L.I. establishments, called at Life-boat House, London. Here they are being shown a painting of... - View image in PDF
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On passage to Brighton on 26 May for the start of a race the next morning, a 10m yacht ran into near-gale-force winds and 4m breaking waves. On the approach to Brighton Marina, the skipper was swept overboard. His safety line prevented him...
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Summer 2009 winners
1st prize: Peugeot 107 Urban 3-door hatchback, Mr D Lowman, London (pictured on his VIP visit to Tower lifeboat station)
2nd prize: 13-night cruise onboard Balmoral to the Canary...
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One fundraiser’s epic trek
After 3 years, 9,500 miles and 7 pairs of boots, fundraiser Alex-Ellis Roswell has completed his walk around the coasts of Britain and Ireland – calling in at every lifeboat station along the way. He...
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Aberystwyth: On Saturday August 20, a fine, warm day after a night of violent thunder storms, Aberystwyth's new Mk IV Zodiac D class inflatable, twin-engined lifeboat was handed over and a service of dedication was held for the... - View image in PDF
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SCARBOROUGH.—On the morning of the 2nd December, 1886, during a heavy gale from the N., the dandy Gustave, of and from St. Yalery-en-Canx for North Shields with flint stone, brought up in the roads about a mile S.E. from the piers, showed...
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The RNLI's charter docs not make provision (or the preservation of old lifeboats and equipment, and ihc National Lifeboat Museum. Bristol was therefore established as an independent registered charily for this...
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Trapped in mud TWO YOUNG GIRLS, Mandy Warren and Katie Flowers, were walking near Benarth Point on Conwy Estuary on Saturday morning, January 19, when, at about 0915, they heard shouts for help in the distance and shots being fired. They ran...
Met together at Poolefor the DOS's conference: (I. to r.) Kenneth Thirlwell, manager Northern Appeals Depot; George Price, East; Basil Hutchinson, West Midlands; Pat Whittaker, North East; Glyn Williams, Wales; Peter Sturdee, South West;... - View image in PDF
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