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18 Mar 2011

Fugro Survey Limited Presentation To The RNLI Aberdeen

In order to reduce its impact on the environment, Fugro Survey Limited has been sending out electronic Christmas cards to its friends across the industry over the last few years. Not only does this reduce resources of paper and emissions, it also reduces costs. As a result of the above exercise Fugro Survey Limited was pleased to donate £500 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institute in Aberdeen for the fifth consecutive year. 2011 marks the tenth anniversary of the Severn Class…

08 Feb 2000

Lifeboat Group Burglarized

A British lifeboat crew was left high and dry after thieves stole the keys to their boathouse, pocketed their tea and biscuit fund and made off with the crew's whisky. The theft at the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) station at Brighton Marina in southeast England left the rescue crew without a way into their boathouse for an hour until a spare key was found. Luckily, there were no emergency calls while they waited. The raid was not the Brighton station's first. In 1977, the group's lifeboat itself was taken and later found bobbing off the British coast.

11 Feb 2000

Thief Steals Lifeboat Crew's Keys, Whiskey

Thief Steals Lifeboat Crew's Keys, Whiskey A British lifeboat crew was left high and dry after thieves stole the keys to their boat house and made off with the crew's whiskey. The theft at the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) station at Brighton Marina, southeast England left the rescue crew helpless for an hour until a spare key was found. Luckily there were no emergency calls while they waited. "Who'd break into a lifeboat station? We wouldn't have been able to access our boat," crew member Tony Parsons said. "They took our tea and biscuit fund collection, and they've stolen our whiskey, which is the worst thing," he added. The raid was not the Brighton station's first. In 1977 the lifeboat itself was taken and later found bobbing off the British coast.