Aldeburgh, Suffolk - At 1.40 a.m. on 14th May, 1967, news was received that a small yacht was drifting off the Sizewell bank with her engines out of action. The life-boat Alfred and Patience Gottwald was launched at 2.10 in a fresh north...
LONG TOW IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS Eleven men and fishing vessel saved In winds gusting to 90 knotsA difficult service in winds up to almost 90 knots earned coxswain / mechanic Hewitt Clark of the Lerwick lifeboat a Bronze Medal, recognising...
Category: Services
LIFE-BOAT TRANSPORTING-CARRIAGE AS ADOPTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
THE carriage consists of a fore and main body. The latter is formed of a keelway and of side or bilgeways attached to the keelway, and...
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The RNLI's latest lifeboat prototypes have been on trials around the coast as part of their evaluation and development.. - View image in PDF
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(Above) Neil and Mandy Chapman aboard the recovered Supertaff"in Dungarvan. where they are refitting her to continue their voyage.. - View image in PDF
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THREE LIFE-BOATMEN OVERBOARD NOVEMBER 9TH - 10TH. - MONTROSE, AND BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. Shortly after six in the evening an Admiralty tug was bombed from the air. The Montrose coxswain saw the bombs dropping. Thinking that the life-boat...
THE Royal Air Force has presented a silver and enamel R.A.F. crest to the Lerwick life-boat and it has been fitted in the after-shelter. With it came a message from the officer commanding the No. 18 Group: "The crest is sent in...
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The present life-boat house and slipway were built on the beach a mile from Wells because of the north winds.
Also shown is the new inshore rescue boat house. The photograph (below) is of the memorial on the quay at Wells... - View image in PDF
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RECENTLY I VISITED the USA in my capacity as secretary of the American/ British Lifeboat Appeal Committee.
I was able to make my journey at no cost to the appeal through the generosity of Transworld Airlines and was...
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THE ninety-second Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION was held in the Council Chamber at the Caxton Hall, Westminster, on Wednesday, March 29th, 1916, at 3.30 P.M. The Eight Hon. the Earl of Plymouth, P.O.,...
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