N the 22nd number of this Journal we described these life-belts, with which all the life-boat crews in connexion with the NA- TIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION are provided, and which they are required to wear on every occasion of their going...
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The RNLI has been saving lives at sea for 178 years. Beach Rescue has only been a part of this for two years, but it has come a long way since its formation as a trial project in early 2001 The RNLI became involved in Beach Rescue as a...
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Predicting future technology is rarely an exact science. But we couldn't resist a peek into the world of 2074 – and what a lifeboat of the future might look like …
‘How, sir, would you make...
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WHEN the maritime character of this country is considered, and the liability of a large portion of its population to be at one time or another exposed to the " dangers of the seas," surprise maybe well excited at the facts—that but...
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IN bringing this book to the notice of the readers of the LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL, it is felt that no apology is necessary on account of the subject not being one purely relating to Life-boats. The two volumes, which are adopted by the Victoria...
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GOLD MEDAL SERVICE AT HARTLEPOOL JANUARY 26TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE. At 6.55 in the morning word came from the coastguard that he had seen rockets from a vessel off Seaton Carew. The life-boat was called out at once...
Jan. 6,1881.—Voted the Silver Medal of the Institution, and a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum, to Mr. HENRY SMITH, pilot, of Glou- cester, and 11. to his mate, for saving the owner, and two persons on board the yacht Foam, which was in...
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Disaster to the Rye Life-boat.
The Whole Crew Drowned.
THE worst disaster which has fallen on the Life-boat Service for many years occurred on 15th November. It fell with crushing weight on the gallant...
St. Andrews, Fifeshire, and Thurso, Caithness-shire.
Two gallant services were carried out by Life-boats in Scotland during March., one by the Pulling and Sailing Life- boat at St. Andrews, Fifeshire, and the other by the...
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Mr. Donald Laker, a member of the Weymouth life-boat crew who went overboard to swim to a yacht with a line, has been awarded the bronze medal for gallantry. The thanks of the Institution on vellum have been accorded collectively to the...
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