FRANCE.
THE " Annales du Sauvetage Maritime," the journal of the Societe Centrale de Sanvetage des Naufrages, for the last quarter of 1913 shows that the Society has granted rewards for the saving of 21,275...
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Sennen Cove Mersey class The Four Boys Eighteen years on from the visit of His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent to name the previous Sennen Cove lifeboat, history was repeated on Wednesday 22 April as the town, bedecked in flags and sunshine,...
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Storm Warriors of the Suffolk Coast, by Ernest Read Cooper, F.S.A. (" Suf- folk Coast"). With a Foreword by the Secretary of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. Heath Granton, Ltd. : 3s. Qd.
MAJOR COOPER has...
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WE give below a list of the results, so far received, of Life-boat Days which city of London have been held during the Branch financial year which ended on the 30th September. With regard to the London list it should be added that a Day was...
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Honorary Life-Governor.
Lieut.-Commander HENDRIK DE BOOY has been appointed an honorary life-governor of-the Institution in recognition of his eminent services to the cause of life-saving at sea during the period of...
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rescue Insight Here is just a handful of incidents from 2007 from around the UK and RoI to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. See pages 20–27 for rescues marked . 1 freeD frOm rOPeS aS water riSeS A...
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A book entitled " Ships of the British Merchant Navy " has been written by Paymaster-Lieutenant E. C. Talbot- Booth, R.N.R., and will be published shortly by Messrs. Andrew Melrose Ltd.
It is a record of the ships...
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PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 3 SUMMARY OF THE YEAR'S WORK 4 RESCUE BY BOARDING BOAT IN NEAR GALE 5 RESCUE...
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A team of 24 students from the City and Guild's College Union of Imperial College, London, set out on July 10 to try to set a record for pedalling non stop 3,675 miles round the coast of Britain; they arrived back in London within a few... - View image in PDF
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Walking the pier: Lennie Denton walked up and down Southend Pier for 24 hours to raise money for a new winch to launch Southend lifeboat. He aimed to beat the world 24-hour walk record of 133 miles 21 yards but despite his cracking pace he... - View image in PDF
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