The First World War is one the darkest chapters in our history, but we will never forget the countless acts of humanity that shone through – including those of RNLI lifeboat crews on the home front
This year, we celebrate...
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ANOTHER of those terrible visitations which have so frequently of late years befallen the fishing population on the east coast of Scotland, has again occurred, by which calamity no less than 44 men, mostly in the prime of life, have lost...
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Out in the open around the country! Once again the RNLI will be opening its facilities to visitors this year, enabling them to gain a firsthand impression of how the Institution works and the quality of the boats and...
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PORTRUSH, Co. ANTRIM.—The crew of this Life-boat haying expressed a desire to be provided •with a larger boat, a new one has accordingly been furnished to them, of the following dimensions: length, 32 feet; breadth, 7£ feet; number of...
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A HAVEN OR REFUGE on a dangerous coast along which small sailing ships in their hundreds once traded between London and the north; a commercial port for small merchant ships; a harbour for boats fishing the unpredictable North Sea; now a...
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MARCH No. 2 Life-boat Area Port St. Mary, Isle of Man - At 4.30 p.m. on 28th March, 1970, the life-boat's motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that a fishing boat was signalling for assistance off Scarlet point. After confirmation...
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Aberdeen, Grampian 54ft Arun ON 1050: Apr 26 D class: Mar 25, and May 30 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Apr 7 and May 31 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Apr 1 (three times), 2 (twice), 16 (twice), 22, May 16, 27 and 29 Aldeburgh, Suffolk...
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CRUISE THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE Aboard our owner operated Hole! Narrowboats on the canals and rivers of England ana Wales. Choose from 21 different routes. Enjoy line food, walking.
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Token of thanks - Brighton lifeboat helmsman. Richard Pearce. presents John McCarthy with an honorary Ofkhort membership with thanks for all his work on the new RNLI video.. - View image in PDF
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GRANGR, ISLE OF WIGHT.— The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION sent last August a new life-boat and transporting- carriage to this station, in the place of those previously there, which were becoming unserviceable. The new boat is 30 feet long,...
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