Dungeness, Kent. At 8.20 on the evening of the 3rd July, 1961, thehonorary secretary received a message from the observation post at the range at Lydd that a small cabin cruiser was burning red flares a mile off Jury...
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
(Supported solely by Voluntary Contributions.) ITS OBJECT AND WORK.
The work of the Institution mainly consists of— 1. Building, equipping and maintaining Life-boats...
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Offshore windfarms – a blot on the seascape or an answer to global warming? Photo: © Dong VE / AS. - View image in PDF
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Alertness and teamwork saves livesSenior Helmsman Gary Barlow was carrying out routine maintenance at the Cleethorpes lifeboat station when he spotted a small fishing vessel to the north side of the Number. On 6 February the fishing boat...
IN two instances recently the indomitable courage of the British Life-boatman has been recognised and suitably rewarded by governments of the respective countries to which the distressed vessels belonged.
The first case...
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FROM ITS FOUNDATION in 1824, until the reign of George V, the Institution's medals were designed by officials of the Royal Mint. By courtesy of the Deputy Master, I am able to illustrate photographs of the original dies (Figs. 1 and 2),...
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LOWESTOFT, the most easterly point of these Islands, and consequently the nearest to the coast of our enemy, has had since the outbreak of the War more services to its credit than any other Life-boat Station in the United Kingdom, the boat...
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On Wednesday, July 20, Shoreham ILB went to the help of a dinghy capsized off Shoreham Pier in near gale force winds and a rough sea. The three students rescued wrote to the crew the next day, sending a bottle of wine 'as a token of how... - View image in PDF
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Helmsman Frank Dunster of Hayling Island was prevented by illness from attending the RNLI's annual presentation of awards meeting in London last May to receive the bar to his bronze medal; it was awarded to him for his part in the... - View image in PDF
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HOLYHEAD.—The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was called out on service on the morning of the 26th Jan., 1893, signals of distress having been shown by the schooner Sarah, of and from Fowey for Runcorn, which had stranded on the...
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