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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
SWANAGE, DORSET.—In the month of January, 1875, a shipwreck took place on the Peveril Ledge, off this place, and it was only with difficulty, and by incurring much risk, that the crew were saved through the exertions of the Coast- guardmen...
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The 35ft Pilot Cutter Leslie H.
Storm tow TORBAY DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY saw the 35ft pilot cutter Leslie H leaving Brixham Harbour at 1145 on Sunday, February 19, 1978. The weather was so bad that he immediately became concerned for her safety and alerted the...
OUT OF REACH
A father swam out to stop his daughter drifting away in an inflatable dinghy, but couldn’t reach her. Thankfully, there were willing RNLI volunteers who could
On Saturday 30 June 2018, Blackpool Crew Members Iain...
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The First Quarter of the Second Century
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 156 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to June 30th, 1949 - - 76,495 The First Quarter of the Second Century On the 4th of March...
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Looking at Lifeboats - the Tyne Class
Keith Thatcher, RNLI Naval Architect, continues a series of profiles of lifeboat classes Many people's image of a lifeboat launch is of a boat plummeting down a slipway into rough seas, disappearing into a cloud of spray at the foot of...
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The S.S. Araucania
Late on the night of the 25th October the s.a.
Araucania of Glasgow stranded on the rooks known as the " Inches," outside Ardrossan harbour. The vessel had left dock with a cargo of coals for Genoa, and broke down...
Memories of International Conferences By Patrick Howarth
The first international lifeboat conference was held in London in 1924, the centenary year of the RNLI; the first international lifeboat exhibition is being held at Plymouth this summer to celebrate our 150th...
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Hilton
L O N D ON BOATSHOW Hilton III aSSDCHltintl With National Boat Shows In January 2003 the London Boat Show makes its final appearance at Earls Court, before gliding downriver lo the all-new ExCeL Exhibition Centre for 2004. So come along for...
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The Panamanian Merchant Vessel Antonio
Wreck FIRST SERVICE CALL for Fraserburgh lifeboat station, since it was reopened at the end of April, came at 1533 on Sunday June 3; it was to a Panamanian merchant vessel, Antonio, bound for Hamburg loaded with stone chips, which had run...