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As it often happens that the life-boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION are the means of saving vessels and their cargoes from destruction, or of materially contributing...

We’ve all had to sort through junk mail – a lot of it goes straight in the recycling and some is put aside for that lazy afternoon when we might want to order pizza, a taxi or a window cleaner. Charities send unsolicited mail too but, for...

At 6.30 P.M. on the 18th November a telephone message was received, stating that a large vessel had struck a mine and was at anchor about three miles off Orfordness. As the amount of damage was unknown and the sea was rough, the No. 1 Life-...

THE brig Aurora, coal laden, was wrecked near the mouth of the Tees, on the night of the 14th August, 1829, in a heavy gale and tremendous sea ; and the crew, consisting of ten persons, were saved by the intrepid conduct of Lieutenant Pym, R...

Stick or pin? Is this the end of an era? Another chapter ended in our history? I refer to the demise of that ancient institution, the boat-on-a-pin flag day emblem, which is now being replaced by the adhesive type.

What...

IREI.ANDS LINKS with the RNLI are almost as old as the Institution itself and the tradition of lifesaving around its rugged coastline stretches back to the turn of the century.

Guarding the busy shipping lanes bringing...

This boat stationed at Queenscliff, Victoria, was built at Port Adelaide in 1926, after designs of the Institution, and her engines and fittings were supplied by the Institution.. - View image in PDF