Lifeboat Heroes: Outstanding RNLI Rescues from Three Centuries

Wake-Walker, Edward

ISBN 10: 0857331345 / ISBN 13: 9780857331342

Published by J H Haynes & Co Ltd, 1811

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lifeboat Heroes: Outstanding RNLI Rescues from Three Centuries
• Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd
• Publication Date: 1811
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857331345
• ISBN 13: 9780857331342
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The RNLI is at the forefront of saving lives around Britain's coasts. Putting to sea in all weathers, its crews are on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Now available in paperback, this book describes 16 dramatic rescues spanning 200 years in the RNLI's distinguished history. The earliest story is that of Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI, who rescued all 17 crew and passengers from the Fortroendet aground in 1827. A more recent account concerns helicopter winch man, Bill Deacon, who died after saving the last ten men from the freighter Green Lily in a hurricane in 1997.

About the Author

Edward Wake-Walker worked for 28 years with the RNLI, the final 16 as PR Director. His other books on the RNLI and its history are Gold Medal Rescues (1992), Lost Photographs of the RNLI (2004) and The Lifeboat Story (2007).