Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Lifeboats – Tower RNLI Pier end of an era – 24.01.2023

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On Tuesday 24th January, 2023 the longest serving station pier has finally left her mooring where she has been since the opening of Victoria embankment in 1870. The superstructure has changed a few times but now it’s all change and upgrades. She will be still afloat BUT to be used by Thames Marine Services on …

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Local Shipping – Workboat MONTE ROSA

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One of the former Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboats operating in the Maltese Islands is MONTE ROSA. She was brought in Malta as a deck cargo aboard the MPP ship AQUILA J which berthed starboard side alongside at Pinto 4 wharf, part of Valletta Cruise Port. She was built in 1980 by W.A. Souter …

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Hijacking – Special Forces detain 7 stowaways with 22 crew safe after 10 hour ordeal at sea – 25.10.2020

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7 stowaways believed to be Nigerian, who threatened the lives of 22 crew members on board the tanker NAVE ANDROMEDA are being questioned by authorities following last Sunday 25th October rescue mission off the coast of the Isle of Wight. The UK’s elite Special Boat Service was drafted in after the Home Secretary Pritti Patel …

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Rescue – RNLI Assists Injured Crewman from FAIRLINE SURVEYOR – 25.06.2019

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The Barrow Lifeboat Station’s volunteer crew launched their all weather lifeboat to go to the aid of an injured crewman aboard a wind farm guard vessel on 25th June, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) said. The request to launch came from the HM Coastguard base in Holyhead at 1650 hrs local time. The Coastguard …

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