Three fishermen saved with just minutes to spare A;L long service in a severe gale and heavy, broken seas has earned Achill Island's Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic, Brian Patten, the RNLI's Silver Medal. The remainder of the crew will...
Category: Services
The RNLI's presence at the 1998 London International Boat Show once again proved to be a great success. Financial income, including sales items, membership recruitment and donations, was up 13% on last year's total - £10,000 was... - View image in PDF
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THE 60-feet Barnett type of Motor Life- boat is the largest, fastest and most powerful in the Institution's Fleet, with the exception of the one Motor Life- boat designed and built for the special circumstances of service in the Straits...
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Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, presenting Captain J. D.
Jeavons, a member of the crew of the Moelfre life-boat, with the bronze medal for his part in the Nofsiporos episode on 2nd December, 1966 (see THE LIFE-BOAT for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
FOUR new motor life-boats, two of them gifts from Scotland, were named on the Scottish coast this year, at St. Abbs, Berwickshire ; Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire; Eyemouth, Berwick- shire ; and Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.
St....
Category: Inaugurations
AS reported in the January issue of THE LIFEBOAT, the R.N.L.I., following an urgent appeal from the British Red Cross, sent staff and inshore rescue boats to aid victims of the flood disaster in East Pakistan. The cargo of inflatable boats...
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THE WORLD'S FINEST BINOCULARS There is an extravagant pleasure owning something which represents the ultimate in quality and craftsmanship . . . bearing a name which is always mentioned with pride. This is why everyone wants to own a...
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Sinking of Biscaya: four photographs taken in her last five minutes. One minute after the first photograph was taken (left} three men were snatched from Biscaya, including the Dutch crew member from salvage tug Titan.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
YOUR CHILDREN PROBABLY WON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
HAVE YOU EVER tried to speak to your family about when you're gone? If they don't want to listen, it's not because they don't care. They simply...
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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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