MAY 10TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A steamer had struck a mine, but the eight survivors of her crew of fourteen were landed by two boats which had put out from Withernsea. - Paid permanent crew..
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond called into Queensferry Lifeboat Station on 22 June. He was shown around the station, introduced to the crew and presented with a framed photo of Queensferry’s Atlantic 75 lifeboat Donald and Ethel Macrae...
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Royal visit: The Duchess of Kent paid a visit to Wells lifeboat station on October 4 and was shown over the station's two lifeboats by Coxswain David Cox BEM (1) who holds both silver and bronze bravery medals and who has been coxswain... - View image in PDF
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First-aid treatment for a member of the crew of the torpedoed London Trader picked up by the Shoreham lifeboat on July 26, 1940.. - View image in PDF
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Soul searching There was extensive national and local TV, radio and press coverage in March of the painful unfolding story of a family lost to the sea at Scarborough. After an 11-year-old boy was swept off the front and his family attempted...
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News ‘A treasure trove!’ This is just one glowing comment from a visitor to the RNLI’s new Henry Blogg museum in Cromer – and now ‘official’ accolades have followed.
The building's contemporary design follows the curve...
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Bridlington: Late on the evening of Wednesday July 26 Arthur Dick, the honorary secretary, saw a small trawler pass the harbour entrance and go ashore on North Beach. The Harbour Office was informed and Bridlington's 37ft Oakley lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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LIFEBOAT VOLUNTEER IS NEW LEADER
We are delighted to introduce Mark Dowie as the RNLI’s new chief executive. He succeeds Paul Boissier, who has retired after 10 years. As a...
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Ice cream and face paints. Barbecues and bunting. There’s something very traditional about a lifeboat station open day, but there's also a definite 21st-century edge
In the pages of the...
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Man overboard! This is the cry no seagoer wants to hear but how much worse would it be to know that, as you slipped and fell into the water, no one knew you had gone? The lone fisherman or yachtsman has always been in grave danger if they...
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