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Architect's plans showing the proposed RNLI training college, which will provide multi-purpose training on a single site.Securing the futureThe RNLI is moving forward on a number of key initiatives included in the RNLI Plan for 2000 and...
Category: Articles
What Is a Covenant?
Covenant is an old-fashioned word which in modern English is the equivalent of 'undertake' or 'promise'. If an individual or a company undertakes to pay a charity a certain sum each year for a minimum of seven years, then the...
Category: Donations
Regulars
BooKS A lifeboating selection to inspire, thrill and ponder Asboville by Danny Rhodes Asboville may not sound like it has any relevance to the RnLi, however a lifeboat crew member plays a key part in this surprising...
Category: Articles
George and James of London
On the 28th February, the brig George and James, of London, ran ashore near Winterton. The life-boat was soon launched and proceeded to her, taking off her crew, 8 in number, and landing them safely at Winterton.
Mr Arthur Pearcy, of Llanbedr, North Wales, visited America
Mr Arthur Pearcy, of Llanbedr, North Wales, visited A merica and left RNLI tea towels at United States Coast Guard bases. Here one of the tea towels is being displayed at the San Francisco base. They were purchased by Mr Pearcy from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
M.F.V. Arctic Solatair, two Motor Boats and two Sailboards
Five calls WHEN, ON THE, AFTERNOON of Saturday September 17, 1983, the 35ft MFV Arctic Solatair picked up a floating rope around her propeller and went ashore at Skinningrove, about six miles south of Redcar, Tees Coastguard telelphoned the...
H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, K.G. Review of the Year's Work at the Annual Meeting
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 137 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 29 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to May 31st, 1938 65,677 H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, K.G.
Review of the...
Category: Meetings
Fire Extinguishers at Life-Boat Stations
THERE are two types of fire extinguishers in use at Life-boat Stations. The one is the liquid type, charged with carbon tetrachloride, the other is the "Total" extinguisher which is a dry powder machine. This type was first adopted...
Category: Articles
Rewards Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, From the 1st April to the 31st December, 1855
February 25.—The ship Simoon, of Liverpool, during foggy weather, struck on a sunken rock in St. Bride's Bay. Six men went off to her assistance in a shore boat, and after some difficulty, from the thickness of the fog, they succeeded in...
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Manx tales
The Isle of Man is an unusual location whose community is inextricably linked to the sea – and the RNLI
Set in the midst of the Irish Sea, encircled by all five nations of the UK and RoI, the Isle of Man (IoM) is actually...
Category: Articles