St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.—During a strong W.S.W. gale, with a heavy sea, on the afternoon of the 9th January, the coastguard reported that the motor launch Nor Nor, belonging to St.
Mary's, was about two hundred...
Going through some old postcards, I came across this one which might be of interest to The Lifeboat readers.. - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 1994 Major General Richard Jeff CBE, station honorary secretary of Lyme Regis lifeboat from 1972 to 1984..
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William Cottier BEM, coxswain of Ramsey lifeboat from 1952 to 1972. He was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1971..
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A FRAMED letter signed by Capt. the Hon. H. M. Wyndham-Quin, Chairman of the Committee of Management, expressing the Institution's appreciation of the voluntary work of the officers and committee and of the devotion and courage of the...
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PAID TO THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION DURING THE TEN YEARS ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1890.
[Legaciet under £100 are omitted after having been publuhed twice in the Annual .Reports,] Amount...
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CAISTER, NORFOLK.—Flares in the direction of the "Scroby Elbow" Sand were seen by men on the look out in foggy weather on the morning of the 21st January, and they at once summoned the crew of the Life-boat Covent Garden. At 7...
AGM (/row page 15) At this point four Scouts, representing Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England, walked down the centre aisle and up on to the platform to present the Duke with a very large cheque— large in every way, for it...
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THE annual match for the " Baring Cup" was played between teams representing the Head Office and the Storeyard on 2nd April, on a ground kindly lent by Messrs. J. Stone & Co.
Ltd., at Charlton, Kent. The...
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Humber's Arun class lifeboat lies afloat off the tip of Spurn Point, the most southerly fragment of Yorkshire, where the Number joins the turbulent North Sea.
It is the only station with a full-time crew - the members... - View image in PDF
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