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George Bernard O'Reilly,

Date: Spring 1997

Volume: 55

Issue: 540

George Bernard O'Reilly, Skegness deputy launching authority from 1987 to 1994 and between 1995 and 1997. Bernard was also vice chairman and box secretary of Skegness branch and served as a crew member on Skegness lifeboat for over 16...

Category: Obituaries

A Righting Drill

Date: Autumn 1983

Volume: 48

Issue: 486

A righting drill, for use after capsize, has now been established for the D class inflatable lifeboat. Briefly, the crew climb on to the upturned boat, secure the painter to the lifting handles on the weather side, then stand on the lee side... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Amin

Date: December 1937

Volume: 30

Issue: 332

Port St. Mary, Isle of Man.—At 3.25 P.M. on the 19th September the Castletown coastguard telephoned that Langness lighthouse-keepers had reported a rowing boat with three people on board being carried out to sea by the strong current off...

Flint's D Class Inflatable

Date: Autumn 1998

Volume: 56

Issue: 546

Flint's D Class Inflatable. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

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Date: September 1956

Volume: 34

Issue: 377

St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At 9.55 on the night of the 26th of May, 1956, the coastguard reported that a boy had fallen over a cliff near St. David's Head. The life-boat Civil Service No.

6 was launched at 10.15 in...

The Old Heave-Ho

Date: Spring 2000

Volume: 57

Issue: 552

Trainee firefighters from the Devon Fire and Rescue service (pictured below) chose the RNLI to benefit from the public service element of their course.

The tough and energetic group towed their historic fire engine all the... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Harold Jones,

Date: Spring 1997

Volume: 55

Issue: 540

May Harold Jones, Ex-full time coxswain of Beaumaris lifeboat.

Harold was bowman between 1946 and 1953, second coxswain between 1953 and 1966 and retaining coxswain between 1966 and 1968..

Category: Obituaries

George Mobbs,

Date: Autumn 1995

Volume: 54

Issue: 534

George Mobbs, coxswain of Great Yarmouth lifeboat. George joined crew in 1931, became fulltime mechanic in 1940 and was appointed coxswain in 1958.

George was also reserve mechanic from 1966 to 1971 and was awarded the RNLI...

Category: Obituaries

ROYAL ALBERT HALL FASHION SHOW

Date: Spring 1975

Volume: 44

Issue: 452

A gala fashion show under the title 'The Rescue Operators' is to be staged at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on Wednesday, October 1, in aid of four societies: St John Ambulance, Royal Life Saving Society, RNLI and Peter Fry Rescue...

Category: Articles

Naming Ceremony and Centenary

Date: December 1965

Volume: 38

Issue: 414

Anstruther combined the naming ceremony for their new life-boat The Doctors with their centenary celebrations. H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester named the boat after a service of dedication on 28th July, 1965.

The...

Category: Inaugurations