SOUTHWOLD.—On the morning of the 13th January information was received that a vessel was on the outer shoal about a mile N.E. of the town. The No. 1 Life-boat Alfred Oorry put off at 7.30 and found that the vessel was the brig James and...
LLANDUDNO.—On Sunday, the 12th April, a message was received by telephone from Colwyn Bay, at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, stating that a brigantine was showing signals of distress. She was lying at anchor about two and a half miles...
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THE MOVE of the depot from Boreham Wood to Poole was completed on October 1, 1976. Last to come was the machinery; within a fortnight of removal day it was in full operation on the new site.
The RNLI's first storeyard...
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PEEL, Isle of Man, Saturday February 1, 1986: the station's Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat out on service in a moderate northerly breeze.
The fishing vessel Ranger had suffered gear-box failure just 100 yards off...
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G o v e r n o r s • S h o r e l i n e • S t o rm F o r c e Action stations As technology continually improves, so too does the RNLI's ability to save lives at sea.
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