Newquay (Cornwall): In beautiful weather on Sunday August 12, Father Donald Smith, station honorary chaplain, conducts the service of dedication of the new 17ft 6in C class inflatable lifeboat provided by clubs affiliated to the Rugby... - View image in PDF
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THE RNLI is to establish a new lifeboat station at Alderney in the Channel Islands and within the next few months a 33ft Brede class lifeboat will be sent there for an initial trial period of twelve months.
There was a...
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DIFFICULT CONDITIONS OVER BAR Crew member leaps aboard casualty from C class inflatable Helmsman Peter Heading and Crew Member Robert Gorman of Aberystwyth lifeboat station have been awarded the RNLI's Bronze medal for Gallantry...
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LAunCHes LAUNCHes 2,190 LIfebOAt AnD ResCue HOVeRCRAft LAunCHes OCtObeR 2006–MARCH 2007 aberDeen On-1248(17-24)Oct20, Nov27,28,29,Dec29, Feb2,7,Mar25 D-500:Oct20 D-536:Nov28,30,Jan9,20, Feb11 aberDoVey b-758:Oct8,Jan11(x2),15 abersoCh...
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(Left, top) Liam checks the cover on one of the first Atlantics to come up for sale. (Left, lower) A clutch of Waveneys at the Depot quay. The outer boat.
44-0 / 7, was due to leave Tilbury for New Zealand in March where... - View image in PDF
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MKDAUJS IS SHOVVKI) 'BRAVKRV AM) KXPKKTISK Sailor rescued as yacht is driven on to lee shore The coxswain and helmsman of Whitby's two lifeboats, the 44ft Waveney White Rose of Yorkshire and the D class inflatable Gwynaeth, have both...
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Drinkers go over the limit! Publicans and pub customers throughout south east England contributed to a £15,000 donation presented to the RNLI at Margate lifeboat station. Jonathan Neame, director of Kent brewers Shepherd Neame, handed...
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CLASS 1962 No. %of total 1963 No. %of total % of total services 5 10 15 20 25 30 Fishing boats - all types 151 18-1 170 19-7 (1962) | 1963 Motor vessels,...
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Blue Peter IV is centre stage CBBC 8/ue Peter presenter Konnie Huq named the latest addition to the RNLI's fleet of Blue Peter-funded lifeboats at the 2005 London Boat Show in January. Gathered round the RNLI exhibition stand, the crowd...
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Padstow April 15, 1985 The strong gales that had lashed the Cornish coasts during the weekend subsided in time for Monday April 15, which dawned overcast but calm and dry. By mid-day the crowds were beginning to line the tiny harbour's...
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