Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
From volunteers to rescuees
Mike and Jan King have fundraised for a quarter of a century – but never thought they would be on the...
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History in the re-making: in January 1899 Lynmouth lifeboat was hauled up Countisbury Hill, ten miles over Exmoor and down the notorious Porlock Hill through a severe gale so that she could launch from the comparative shelter of Porlock Weir... - View image in PDF
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A team of 24 students from the City and Guild's College Union of Imperial College, London, set out on July 10 to try to set a record for pedalling non stop 3,675 miles round the coast of Britain; they arrived back in London within a few... - View image in PDF
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EAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—At 9 A.M. on the 27th September a mounted messenger brought information that a dismasted vessel was showing signals of distress about a mile from the shore. The Lifeboat Two Sisters was promptly launched and proceeded to...
AT 2.24 on the morning of the llth January, 1962, the Deal coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary of the Margate life-boat station, Mr. H. B.
Fleet, that a small vessel had been seen by the Dutch motor vessel...
Category: Services
Former coxswain of Walton-on-the-Naze lifeboat, Mr Jonas Oxley, who has helped to save hundreds of lives at sea, is putting brush to canvas to record the work of the lifeboatmen. Early this year he completed a painting of Walton's first... - View image in PDF
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Two Action Studies of the Exmouth Irb Service Which Is Described On This Page. - View image in PDF
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Ronald Zeghibe on the bridge of HMS York with lain Leitch. - View image in PDF
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Heather Deane of the RNLI Poole Office signs on Howard Lang: 'The Onedin Line's' Captain Baines.. - View image in PDF
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From the painting by Mr. Charles Dixon, R.I., presented by the artist to the Institution..
Category: Drawings