IN May last the Institution awarded a Lifeboatman Statuette to Miss Trudy Haylett, of Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, for her work for the Institution in Yar- mouth and Caister. The name of Haylett is famous in the Life-boat history of the East...
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IN the early morning of 27th July a number of fishing boats went out from Moelfre, Anglesey. A gale sprang up and all the boats returned but one.
It was a sailing boat with only one man on board, Captain Owen Jones. The...
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TWO 14-year-old Scottish sea cadets who rescued a friend from the choppy waters of Campbeltown Loch are to receive special awards for their actions from the Royal National Life-boat Institution.
The boys, Ian Campbell of...
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Five lifeboat stations in North Cornwall were visited on June 27 by our president, HRH The Duke of Kent. Such great interest did His Royal Highness take in all he was shown and in all the lifeboat people he met—crew members and their wives,...
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W ith one of the world's loveliest, albeit most rugged, coastlines - some 2,650km in length and encompassing waters ranging in potential dan yr from the relatively benign Skagerrak. via the remoteness of the cod banks off the Lofotens....
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ABERDEEN C i T Y COUNCIL To the rescue with the "Shinins isht' Rose Lifeboats * J» AJM.f M.11 I J.YV7 LJ V- Roval Na(lonal U)eboat "Shining Light" was commissioned by Aberdeen City Council as part of the Millennium...
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Harbour Account Up to 7.8% gross The Royal Bank will donate 0.25% of total balances to the RNLI at the end of each year, and If 2,000 accounts are opened over 2 years, we will donate a total of at least £50,000 towards a new...
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The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the beat. Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate transportation to the...
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