This photograph captures the moment that our Kinsale and Courtmacsherry Harbour lifeboat volunteers saved 30 people from a sinking training vessel off the Cork coast
Both lifeboat crews were...
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Leapt to the rescue THE STORMS WHICH SWEPT ACROSS THE English Channel on August Bank Holiday Monday, 1986, continued unabated the next day and it was towards the end of the afternoon on Tuesday, August 26 that a yacht in Alderney Harbour...
COVER PICTURE by Rick Tomlinson A Trent class lifeboat on trials off Cowes in winds gusting to 50 knots. This is one of many spectacular photos which appear in Rick Tomlinson's 1996 Lifeboat Calendar. Details on page... - View image in PDF
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Reader oner Cruises 2003/04 Cruising direct from the UK - NO FLYING! For 2003, we are delighted to offer you a choice of three carefully planned ocean cruises, departing directly from the UK! Join our Norwegian Fjords Apple Blossom Cruise...
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ANOTHER YEAR has come to the end, and a very successful one it was for Shoreline. Membership is well in excess of 97,000, and although we did not reach our target of 100,000 we were not all that far off. I doubt whether we shall be many...
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In the North-West of England.
THE Institution is anxious to form or develop Branches in the following places the North-West of England, and would be very grateful to any readers of The Lifeboat who could help it to do...
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AUTUMN 2010
Ms J Pollard-Ovens of West Glamorgan scooped first prize of £5,000 in the Autumn Lifeboat Lottery and elebrated with a visit to her local lifeboat station at Port Talbot.
The other cash prize...
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PORTMUCK, Co. ANTRIM. Just after noon on the 19th of October, 1943, a British aeroplane crashed into the sea about six miles south-east of Muck Island, and the Portmuck coastguard called out a local motor boat, Bl96. The sea was smooth with...
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A total of £312, 228 has been raised so far from the 1990 promotion in conjunction with Volvo Concessionaires Ltd.
Eight Volvo 340 cars were offered as prizes in raffles throughout the various fund raising regions. The... - View image in PDF
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Take a voyage into the briny blue from the comfort of your armchair, whether you’re yearning for adventure or looking to brush up on your nautical knowledge
Lighthouses: Beacons of the Sea
by David Ross
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