Liam is readying himself for the shout as he laces his shoes. ‘As soon as you hear that pager, there’s an adrenaline rush. And then you take a breath and you mellow yourself. You think: “Right. What could we be going to?”’
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When an experienced boater fell into the River Dart after an evening cruise with his wife and young son, it quickly dawned on him he was in grave danger
For Simon Burton, a leisurely family cruise on 24 June turned into a...
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(The figures refer to the numbtrt of the Life-boats detailed on pages 610-621.) Aberdovfy, Merioneth, 166. Drogheda, Ireland, 264. Lizard, Cornwall, 128. Robin Hood's Bay, Yorks, 32. Abersoch, Carrarvon, 170 Dm lin, Ireland, 267. ...
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It is with deep regret that we record the death in February of Major-General R H Farrant. CB, chairman of the Institution from 1975 until his retirement in 1979.
Major-General Farrant joined the Committee of Management of...
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On the 14th January the schooner Henry Holman, of Plymouth, was observed in a dangerous position between the Clipera Rocks and Penrhyn Point, An- glesey, while the wind was blowing a very heavy gale from W.N.W. The Holyhead life-boat was at...
ALTHOUGH it is not in our power, from want of space, in the present Number of the Life-boat Journal, or, indeed, in any one Number, to notice adequately this truly great "International Exhibition," the intimate connection of the...
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Recognising our people’s achievements – as well as reporting our progress – has always been at the heart of the RNLI’s annual meetings. But how we do that has changed with the times, and is about to change again …
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Terry George, coxswain/ mechanic of the Sennen Cove lifeboat, joined the crew of the station's all-weather lifeboat in 1983 and was appointed coxswain/ mechanic in 1989. Terry also became a member of the station's inshore lifeboat in...
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ON the 22nd March this year a life-boat museum was opened at Eastbourne.
The Institution has, at its head- quarters in London, a collection of life-boat pictures and models, and there have been at various times short...
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