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Sea Rescue Services In Sweden
THE first organisation for rescuing those in danger at sea to come into being in Sweden was established by the Swedish Government in 1854, when a life-boat station was set up in the south of Sweden. The service was under naval control until...
Category: Services
Feature: from Rookie to Rescuer
To become a fully competent lifesaver, crew members need to develop a wide range of skills. The RNLI has developed a Competence Based Training system that helps crew members acquire these skills and maintain them through lifeboat station...
Category: Articles
(Left) Abersoch: the Atlantic 21 Ilb Her Tractor and Boathouse Were A/I Provided By the People of Wolverhampton
(Left) Abersoch: The Atlantic 21 ILB, her tractor and boathouse were a/I provided by the people of Wolverhampton.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Above Left and Right) Demonstration Recovery of the Atlantic 21 Rigid Inflatable Lifeboat Into Her Trolley Mobile 'Dock'
(Above, left and right) Demonstration recovery of the Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat into her trolley mobile 'dock'.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Royal Bank of Scotland
If it stays in your wallet, it can't help our volunteer crews.
Running a lifeboat service 365 days of the and training its over 4,000 crew members is expensive exercise.
But this is where you and your...
Category: Advertisement
In Development
The RNLI’s naval engineers are developing a new class of all-weather lifeboat, currently codenamed FCB2 (fast carriage boat 2). The FCB2 will replace the Mersey class lifeboat, and the first is expected on station in 2013.
Category: Articles
A Motor Cabin Cruiser
BOWMAN PUT ON BOARD IN HEAVY SEAS Weymouth, Dorset. At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 29th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor cabin cruiser was firing red flares close to Portland...
Second-Coxswain John Roberts, Llandulas
SECOND-COXSWAIN JOHN ROBERTS, of Llandulas, who died in May, 1939, at the age of 77, was second-coxswain of the Llandulas life-boat for 27 years, from 1891 to 1918. On his retirement he was awarded a pension by the Insti- tution. His...
Category: Obituaries
Bookshelf
No Day Too Long An Hydrographer's Tale by Rear Admiral G. S. Ritchie published by the Pent/and Press at £15.50 ISBN 1 872795 63 3 The chart is such a commonplace item aboard a boat that it is often taken for granted. But spare a...
Category: Articles
Awards to Coxswains Crews and Shore Helpers
Awards to Coxswains, Crews and Shore Helpers The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's...
Category: Awards