Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 52 Number 522 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Assistant Editor: GILL MACE Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Advertisement...
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A fisherman lay injured onboard the world’s largest trawler, 200 miles offshore of County Galway
It was just after 7pm on 23 January 2010 and the crew of the 144m trawler Annelies Ilena had caught 50 tonnes of scad (horse...
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NOVEMBER 24TH. - TORBAY, AND SALCOMBE, DEVON, AND WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
A heavy south-westerly gale was blowing. The seas were very heavy. Visibility was poor. At 5.35 in the morning information came to the Torbay life-boat...
Eight saved from yacht dismasted and close to rocks in onshore galeThe coxswain of Blyth lifeboat, Keith Barnard, has been awarded the RNLI's Thanks of the Institution on Vellum for saving the lives of eight people from a dismasted yacht...
An article on the Padstow Station, which last year celebrated its Centenary, appeared in the Life-boat for last November, and particulars were given of the Medals which had been won by Padstow Life-boatmen. Several Medals have to be added to...
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Among the awards announced in the Birthday Honours list were: KCVO Captain Alastair Sturgis Aird, cvo.
Sir Alastair is Comptroller and Equerry to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, a Patron of the...
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Dittons Skiff and Punting club broke the channel crossing world record and raised money for the RNLI by rowing from Dover to Cap Gris Nez, in little over two hours and 42 minutes - a 25% improvement of the previous record! The record... - View image in PDF
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The Institution has received a cheque for £55.18.6. from the Canadian ReU Cross Society, which has decided to make a monthly subscription of this amount "in recognition of the great war work done by the Institution from which we...
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The Austin Motor Company, which is generously giving the Institution one shilling for each horse-power of every engine which it makes for a ship's life-boat, has now given £436: 8:-. The first gift of £240, presented to the...
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