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Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions.
PATRONESS—HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
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READER INSPIRATION: WORDS
I am a member of a writers’ group. Recently we were asked to write about a lighthouse. It brought me back to my childhood when I was always fascinated by the man in the lighthouse. Those times have passed...
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The Life-Boat Services of the World: Sweden
By Captain STENISBERG, Secretary of the Svenska Sällskabet För Räddning Af Skeppsbrutne...
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Medical Aspects of the Life-Boat Service
ESTABLISHED by Sir William Hillary in 1824 when the seas around the British Isles were crowded with small sailing vessels, fishing and carrying cargoes, the R.N.L.I. was primarily concerned with saving lives from shipwreck. One of the...
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Wreck of the 'Pomona'
Os the morning of the 30th April, 1859, one of the most disastrous wrecks on record occurred on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Channel, by which melancholy event no less than 385 persons perished.
The American clipper...
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Fendyke (1)
Knockdown A COASTER, Fendyke, in trouble off Carnoustie a few miles north of the entrance to the River Tay was reported to the honorary secretary (operations)of Broughty Ferry lifeboat station, who is also the harbour master, by HM...
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‘HER MAJESTY ENJOYED A VERY HAPPY DAY’
Our article on Her Majesty The Queen’s relationship with the RNLI stirred a few memories – here’s just one of them …
In 1992, whilst serving with the Thames Valley Police, I had...
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Ross Tern
Trawler Snatch WHIN the Longhope, Orkney, lifeboat station was informed at 11.54 p.m. on February 9 that the trawler Ross Tern was ashore on Troma Island and was breaking up, the lifeboat crew mustered in good time.
As the...
Dedication: Offshore—Inshore
MOELFRE, JUNE 17 and BROUGHTY FERRY, JULY 17 BRILLIANT SUNSHINE and a fresh northerly wind building up white horses out at sea gave a sparkling day for the handing over ceremony and dedication of Moelfre's new 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat,...
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Means of Saving Life
The extent of the means for saving life at present is comprised in the following meagre statement, which we copy from the Northumberland Report*:— " In Scotland, with a seaboard of 1,500 miles, there are eight life-boats: at...
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