MR. HECTOR HUGHES, M.P. for Aberdeen North, asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what provision is made by his Department for the protection and salvage of shipping- and seamen in danger at sea round the coasts of Scotland; who...
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(from page 83) provided for inshore lifeboats or for conventional lifeboats, with the exception of 70' boats, but that the subject should be kept under review. This duty is now undertaken by the Medical and Survival Committee which...
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AT 8.30, in the evening of 21st November, 1927, the Motor Life-boat at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston was launched in response to a wireless message received from s.s. Trent that help was urgently required to save the lives of the crew of the...
STATION. Length. Breadth. No. of Oars. When Stationed or Named. No. ENGLAND. Ft. In. Ft. in. NORTHUMBERLAND BKRWICK-OX-TWKED - - - 33 - 8 - 10 1864 1 HOLY ISLASD — No. 1 - — — 34 - 8 ...
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Touring RNLI depot and headquarters at Poole on October 7, HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution, is shown the rigging loft (above left) by Joe Salmon and watches Len Wlodek at work on a coir how fender. He inspected a propeller... - View image in PDF
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Newbiggin, and Blytb, Northumberland, —At about 10.50 A.M. on the 24th January, 1938, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat had been reported in difficulties off Old Hartley Bay and a little later that she was off Seaton Sluice Point...
Awards for helmsman and crew members of Cleethorpes D class A service by Cleethorpes' D class inflatable in winds of up to storm Force 10 to five canoeists and a yacht has earned the helmsman, David Steenvoorden, the Institution's...
CAISTER, NORFOLK, AND SUFFOLK. — On the 14th May at 3 A.M. the watchmen saw the flash and heard the report of a gun fired at sea N. of the Cross Sand. A strong breeze was blowing from the N., the sea was moderate, but afterwards became rough...
Friday, 14th April, 1916.
The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.C., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Read and confirmed the minutes...
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Inspector of Machinery (Electrical], Royal National Life-boat Institution.
ViTH the exception of seven short- range boats, all the Institution's life-boats, both in the active and in the active reserve fleet, are...
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