Although fishing vessels only make up some 14 per cent of RNLI call outs, more fishermen die at sea than any other group of sea user. It is widely recognised that fishing is the most dangerous industry in the worldIt was in 1994 that the...
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The Secretary, Royal National Life-boat Institution, Life-boat House, 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.I Dear Sir, Your films entitled "Ready for Service", "From Baltimore to Littlehampton" and "The Ben Barvas"...
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THIS Life-boat, a full description of which was given in No. 171 of our Journal last February, was sufficiently far ad- vanced to attend the highly successful " Life - boat Saturday " demonstration which took place in Glasgow on...
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At Poole on Tuesday July 12 The Duke of Atholl (r) presented a framed letter of thanks to Mr Colin Ganderton, managing director of J. John Masters, which, celebrating its centenary, has given more than £54,000 to the RNLI. The Duke had... - View image in PDF
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Eddie Dor man member of the Padstow branch committee for 20 years. Eddie was box officer from 1982 to 1996 and he and his wife were awarded the silver statuette in 1992..
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Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At 12.50 in the afternoon of the 12th of September, 1949, the chairman of the Youghal life- boat station telephoned that he was anxious for the safety of his son and another man who had left Youghal for Cork in...
As readers of The Lifeboat know, we have for some time been urging on the shipping community the claims of the Institution to their generous support, since it maintains a national service in which they are more directly interested than any...
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THE magnificence and terror of a gale on the rock-bound coasts of Cornwall can scarcely be exaggerated. The long impe- tuous swell of the great Atlantic, flinging itself on the rugged granite cliffs which guard the shores, is by its own...
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Out for an evening walk with his children on 13 March, training, experience and teamwork helped an off-duty lifeboat helm save a life
Brian Niland had had a busy day. After finishing work as a medical rep, he’d picked his...
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Heather Deane, Deputy Public Relations Officer, is pictured presenting two of the succesful participants with their prizes at Cowes.. - View image in PDF
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