Many people imagine that the average RNLI crew member is a selfless, brave, experienced mariner. Crew members are certainly brave and selfless but, today, volunteers with a professional maritime background are in the...
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IT will be in the memory of our readers that the Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION issued a special appeal last year for funds and increased permanent support. They pointed out that, while each year the efficiency of...
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« Oh! wad some Power the glftle gie us To see oursels as others see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us." Burns.
THERE is no community, and perhaps no single individual, who may not derive advantage from the...
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THE BEST WEATHER CLOTHING IN THE WORLD AIRFLOW COAT JACKET LIGHTWEIGHT JACKETS CONDENSATION ARE WATERPROOF FREE FROM LU ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION Letter of 28 February 1974 from Assistant Superintendent (Stores) • Your company'...
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THE BEST WEATHER CLOTHING IN THE WORLD AIRFLOW- JACKET LIGHTWEIGHT JACKETS ARE WATERPROOF CONDENSATION FREE FROM ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION Letter of 28 February 1974 from Assistant Superintendent (Stores; 9 Your company's...
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RNLB Shoreline New members of Shoreline may not be aware that a lifeboat bearing the name of the organisation is stationed at Arbroath.
Built in 1979, RNLB Shoreline is a 37ft 6in Rother class lifeboat with a wooden hull...
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Lifeboat Lottery The £1M barrier has been broken! The Winter 2006 Lifeboat Lottery brought in more than £1M, making the final income for the year £3.9M. This is a magnificent total and more than half as much again as that for...
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The following article has been written for The Lifeboat by an officer in the Salvation Army, while, the note attached to it gives some general particulars about the Norwegian Life-boat Service, which we haw received from its...
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THE eighth International Life-boat Conference took place in Bremen from the 23rd to the 25th of June, 1959. The hosts were the German life-boat society, Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbriichiger.
Delegates from...
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Last bowman Ronald Chapman has been promoted to Second Coxswain of Skegness lifeboat.
This means that the historic position of bowman will no longer exist within the RNLI as he was the last lifeboatman to hold the post.<...
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