AT THE TIME of writing we have over 12,000 subscribing members and new enrolments average 12 per working day.
Already subscriptions are making a worthwhile addition to the funds required by the RNLI. Our aim is to reach a...
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INSIGHT The RnlI’s Vision is to be recognised as the most effective, innovative and dependable lifeboat and lifeguard service.
Here are just a handful of incidents from around the UK and RoI to give an insight into the...
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THE object of this Institution, as declared in its title, is to afford assistance to every Shipwrecked Person around the coasts of the United Kingdom.
The chief means by which it hopes to carry this object into effect are—...
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Peel's Atlantic 21 in Fenella Bay.. - View image in PDF
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Launch of New Brighton's Atlantic 21. - View image in PDF
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BY the death, on 20th May last, of Mr.
Charles Verrion, of Ramsgate, at the age of 85, passed away the last member of the famous Ramsgate Crew which carried out, just over fifty years ago, one of the most remarkable rescues...
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The last launch of The Hampshire Rose from Walmer (above). - View image in PDF
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Walmer, Kent. — At 10.58 on the morning of the 10th of November, 1950, the Deal coastguard telephoned that the police had reported a wireless message from the S.S. Keynes, of Lon- don. She had a man on board who was in need of immediate...
We ask the questions Providing lifeboats is an essential part of the RNLI, but making sure the facilities are in place to launch them is equally important. The building and upkeep of lifeboat stations and facilities is down to the shoreworks...
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After 22 Years' Service The Old Plymouth Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
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