By Mr. OTTAR VOGT, Secretary of the Norwegian Society for the Rescue of the Shipwrecked.
THE coast of Norway is very extensive and mountainous, rocky and precipitous all over — the whole coastline being guarded by a fence...
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Prince Edward meets local children who helped to raise money for the Bangor lifeboat appeal.. - View image in PDF
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Salcombe's Tyne class, The Baltic Exchange II, searches for survivors from the cruiser.. - View image in PDF
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Seven-year-old Neil West, of Ravensheud, proudly displays the "Jiin'/l Fix It" budge and Storm Force certificate he received after appearing on Jimmy Savile's popular BBC television programme. Neil wrote to the programme... - View image in PDF
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Reported to the May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management.
May Meeting.
Longhope, Orkney, and Thurso, Caith- ness-shire.—The Longhope motor life- boat Thomas McCunn was launched at 11.30...
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It is hard to believe that a year has passed since I concluded my editorial circumnavigation of the RNLI's operational realm. In one respect time has passed quickly, with plenty still going on around the coasts and new, exciting...
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Burnham-On-Crouch April 21 1987:. - View image in PDF
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LIFE-BOATMEN all over the country at one time or another have read about, or even participated in, a rescue carried out by an R.A.F. helicopter.
From time to time, too, helicopters make the headlines, not for some dramatic...
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IN the new year's honours list appeared three lifeboat names. Commander Philip Vaux, D.S.C., R.N., the late chief inspector of life-boats, was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Mr. John S. Duncan, the honorary secretary...
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Senior Crew Member PC Ben Usher at Withernsea ILB station, in the establishment of which he played an important part. photograph by courtesy of Humberside Police. - View image in PDF
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