AUGUST 19TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 10.5 in the morning the coastguard reported that a fishing vessel appeared to be out of control two miles south-east by east of the South Goodwin Light-vessel. A moderate south-south-west breeze was blowing,...
Dunbar, East Lothian. At 7 p.m. on 23rd February, 1966, a newspaper office telephoned the honorary secretary to ask if the Dunbar life-boat Margaret had been launched to the wireless transmitting station Radio Scotland, as they had been...
The naming ceremony and dedication of the new Wick, Caithness, life-boat Princess Marina —she is a 48-foot 6-inch Oakley Mark II— took place in September. H.R.H. Princess Alexandra named the boat, the cost of which was met from the H. M....
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(The Chief Inspector of Life-boats is on the Prince's left, and the Secretary of the Institution and Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey behind.). - View image in PDF
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The Platform Party at The Re-Dedication of Bellycotton 's New Lifeboat. - View image in PDF
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(Right) The ceremony over, Sir Alec goes aboard for a tour of the harbour.. - View image in PDF
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Dentist Neil Thomas (left foreground) with the crew and helpers of the New Brighton lifeboat after the service. - View image in PDF
(Photo Bob Bird). - View image in PDF
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The above picture shows members of the 14th Nottingham Boys' Brigade Comapny who raised £673 for the RNLI at the Nottingham Robin Hood Marathon Fun Run in September.. - View image in PDF
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THE centenary of the life-boat station at Sennen Cove, which was estab- lished in 1853, was celebrated by a dinner held at the Land's End Hotel on the 21st of April 1953. A certifi- cate inscribed on vellum was presented by Earl Howe,...
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HRH The Duke of Kent greets lifeboat officials during his visit to the South West.. - View image in PDF
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