ANNAN WATERFOOT, DUMFRIES-SHIRE. At 11.30 in the morning of the 27th of August, 1943, a Beaufort aeroplane crashed and exploded in the Solway Firth, about half a mile south-east of Annan Waterfoot. The sea was calm, with a light westerly...
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AN immense work is being accomplished in these days in the way of prevention against loss of life, both by sea and by land; but we may still hope for extensive improvements as experience and science arm our great philanthropic societies with...
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WHEN THE new Gorleston 44-foot steel life-boat Khami on 5th September, 1967» went to the aid of the m.v. Aureity, whose steering gear had broken down, no one knew then that the life-boat would end up by towing the auxiliary cutter...
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Our lifesavers rescue thousands every Summer, but not everyone can be saved. That’s why the RNLI has launched its biggestever campaign – and why a father in mourning has bravely spoken about why everybody should Respect the Water...
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Long tow in difficult conditions for Skegness and Humber lifeboats Skegness and Humber lifeboats were both involved in a long service when conditions became too severe for a classic, 1920s-built motor yacht on a delivery passage from Great...
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The letters regarding 'passing on' THE LIFEBOAT interested me as I too have done this for a number of years, taking the journal to our local doctors' surgery and, more recently, sending them on a...
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RNLI driver George Dadson. back home at Poole depot with his pride and joy.. - View image in PDF
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EACH NEW YEAR, during the Boat Show at Earls Court, the boating industry gives most generous recognition and support to the lifeboat service. Among the eminent people who have been invited to open the show in past years— who include Prince...
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Lifesavers from around the world visited RNLI College in August for 2 weeks of intensive tuition on how to run an effective coastal rescue service.
Representatives from Bangladesh, Cameroon, India, Mauritius, Philippines,...
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