Cliff-climbing lifeboatman saves boy Lifeboat crews are highly trained in many fields so they will be prepared when out on a shout. But there are a few services where RNLI training cannot help, where it is up to the individual to do...
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IN sending to the Institution a cheque for £419, being the contribution from the Reading Branch for the Branch year which ended on 30th September, Mr.
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We were paged, got to the station and told we were looking for someone in the water. The conditions were wind against tide … rough, choppy, an extremely cold wind. The area we searched is between an island and headland – the tide runs... - View image in PDF
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AT the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL SHIPWRECK INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Thursday the 21st day of April, 1853, CAPTAIN THE EARL TALBOT, R.N., C.B., VICE-PRESIDENT, in the Chair, The following Report of the Committee...
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The Bridlington life-boat—a 37-ft Oakley selfrighting type—heading into stormy weather.. - View image in PDF
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THE following is a copy of a Circular which has been addressed by the Royal National Life-boat Institution to the local Committees of its several Life-boat Branches on the coasts of the United Kingdom. The Circular explains at length the...
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The RNLI’s many boathouses are often adapted through their lifetimes to meet changing operational needs but sometimes they must be vacated entirely – and then enter a whole new existence
If walls could speak, those of old...
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THE RNLI INQUIRY into the capsizes of Barra Island and Islay lifeboats off the west coast of Scotland last November, reported on page 6, has concluded that both lifeboats were overwhelmed by heavy breaking seas in violent storm conditions...
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