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OLD LIFEBOAT, NEW COUNTRY
Some years after I had retired as Mallaig lifeboat Coxswain/Mechanic, I discovered that my old Arun class lifeboat (pictured) had been sold to the Icelandic Rescue Service. So, after a deal of...
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United States Life-Saving Service
IN the report which has been recently issued by the General Superintendent of the Life-saving Service, for the fiscal year ended 30th June 1884, it is stated that there were then 201 Life-Saving Stations under their management, 156 being on...
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Inset: Derek Fowlds and Bill Simons
Inset: Derek Fowlds and Bill Simons faka Heartbeat's Sgt Oscar Blaketon and PC Alt Ventress) officially launch the lifeboat in the traditional style with a bottle of bubbly.. - View image in PDF
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Whose sea is it anyway?
The RNLI's lifeboats operate to 100 miles from shore – but who controls the waters they navigate?
Freedom of the Seas
Across the world, land has been divided by mankind...
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The Fishwives of Cullercoats
THE fishwives of Cullercoats carried out their tenth consecutive collection on behalf of the Institution on 1st August, when the Cullercoats and Whitley Bay Life-boat held its quarterly road exercise and launch. By collecting this year over...
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A Sailing Boat (5)
JULY 6TH - .WALMER, KENT. At 12.50 P.M. a message was received from the Deal coastguard that a sailing boat with five people on board was flying an oilskin in her rigging near Deal Bank Buoy. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough...
Jubilee Fix It!
Jubilee Fix it! Last year was an important year for the Scarborough Ladies' lifeboat guild as they celebrated their Diamond Jubilee. The spring bank holiday was packed with fund raising activities including a festival of flowers held at... - View image in PDF
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A Sailing Dinghy
Selsey, Sussex - At 5.45 p.m. on 9th June, 1969, the coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy was in difficulties two miles off shore. At 5.50 the IRB was launched in a strong east north easterly wind with a corresponding sea. The tide was...
Maris Stella
NOVEMBER 1 0TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 3.28P.M. the Kinnaird Head coastguard reported that a small motor boat had broken down off the Beacon, and the motor life-boat John and Charles Kennedy was launched at 4.12 P.M., A fresh N.W....
Right: Fergal Walsh and Peter Cuthbert
flight: Fergal Walsh and Peter Cuthbert Picture; fl ML I/Sue Denny. - View image in PDF
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