Of the four periods in the history of the litcbodt. lilt' f i r s t , covering the days of the pulling ami sailing bouts, is by far the longest. Launch of the .Ifft Liverpool lifeboat Samuel Lewis tit Skegness in 1906.. - View image in PDF
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THE loss of the whole crew of the Longhope life-boat made a deep impact on the nation as a whole. It evoked feelings not only of sympathy and grief but also of generosity and a widespread determination to express sympathy in a practical form...
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Thanks to your support, the RNLI is helping to make the seas a safer place for the people who put fish on our tables
Commercial fishing in the cold, rough seas around the UK and Republic of Ireland is a hazardous...
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Poole: Poole Yacht Club in Hamworthy was where, on Wednesday May 8, 1985, the naming and service of dedication took place for the station's new 20ft Boston Whaler Outrage lifeboat, the only boat of this type in the RN LI fleet. She was... - View image in PDF
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Completed picture: the final jigsaw piece was fitted to the Edinburgh lifeboat appeal on Wednesday August 14, 1985, when Tennent Caledonian Breweries handed over a cheque for £5,000, the final amount needed to achieve the appeal's... - View image in PDF
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APRIL 24TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL. At 6.30 A.M. the coastguard reported a fishing boat in distress S.W. of Penzer Point, and the motor life-boat W. and S. was launched at 6.50 A.M.
An E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough...
In the December 1965 issue an obituary notice appeared of the late Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry F. Oliver, G.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., which was necessarily brief because of pressure on space. It would, indeed, be difficult to do justice to...
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Swim between the flag You'll hear again and again from RNLI Beach Lifeguards: 'Always swim where there is a lifeguard on patrol and stay inside the area marked by the red and yellow flags.' On a sunny day at Perranporth, Cornwall...
Rosslare Harbour, and Kilmore, Co. Wexford.
—A message was received at Rosslare at 4.55 P.M. on the 3rd March, 1939, that an Irish Air Force seaplane had come down in the sea off Carnsore Point.
A S.S.E....