70-year-old Jane Trembath on her epic row down the River Dart, escorted by Torbay's new D class inflatable, and (inset) Jane at the oars during her 25-mile fund raising trip.
(Inset photo courtesy Western Morning... - View image in PDF
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IN 1882 the Committee of the Institution, being deeply impressed with the serious loss of life from drowning taking place year by year from the Fishing Vessels working to and from the coasts of the United Kingdom, decided, with the hope of...
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During a southerly gale and in a heavy sea, on the 3rd Jan., 1869, the Yarmouth beachmen observed a vessel apparently on the Scroby Sands. The large life-boat, the Mark Lane, was at once launched and taken in that direction, but when near...
MARCH 28TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN. - Red flares had been reported to the N.N.E. of Maughold Head, but nothing was seen except flashes which appeared to be coming from the Cumberland coast, and were apparently anti-aircraft defence measures....
River Thames Jubilee Pageant: Sheerness lifeboat Helen Turnbull with HMY Britannia at Tower Bridge (below) and (right) embarking the Lard Mayor of Westminster, for whom she acted as barge. (Left) A fundraising cruise up the Thames following... - View image in PDF
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THE Institution will again have a Christmas card and a pocket calen- dar.
The card will be a reproduction in colour of the picture below. It is a photograph of the Whitby No. 1 life- boat leaving harbour on the 15th of...
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Fearless RNLI supporters jumped into the record books in June when they smashed the record for the most tandem skydives in one day.
On Saturday 14 June, 323 fundraisers around the UK jumped from a height of 3,048m, with 25...
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The Life-Boat House at Weymouth. - View image in PDF
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The Harwich Ketch "Mystery" Wrecked at Dover. - View image in PDF
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Life-Boat Exhibition at Watford. - View image in PDF
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