Pictures above and below show the Longhope lifeboat, the David and Elizabeth King and E.B., just before the naming was done by Mrs. Marian Thornton, an Edinburgh solicitor's wife, who was nominated by the family of Miss Charlotte A. King... - View image in PDF
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Non-members of the YLA are liable to capsize at sea. So are members of the YLA. But at least, when they go over, YLA members have the consolation of knowing they can await rescue by the R.N.L.I, with a clear... - View image in PDF
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THE barges Esterel and Yampa, of London, were on their way from London to Norwich with cargoes of maize on the 4th November, 1939.
When nearly opposite Orfordness they were caught by an easterly gale. Both barges turned...
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IN the early morning of 14th February, with a heavy sea running, a Welsh steam-trawler, the Tenby Castle, went ashore on the rocks in Clifden Bay, Con- nemara, on the west of Ireland, a coast where there are many rocky islands, the great...
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150th Anniversary Reception given on March 4 in the State Apartments, Dublin Castle, Ireland, by the Minister of Transport and Power, Mr Peter Berry, TD: (left to right) Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Hezlet, Mr and Mrs Peter Berry, Commander F. R.... - View image in PDF
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The Lord Mayor of Manchester, Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, jp, who opened Manchester Boat Show, meets David Jones, divisional organiser north west, at the RNLI stand.
With them are area organisers James Murray and Brian... - View image in PDF
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GOLD AND SILVER MEDAL SERVICES AT CROMER AND GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON AUGUST 6TH. - 7TH. - CROMER, GT.
YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, AND SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK, AND LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK. On the night of the 5th of August,, 1941, a...
The Plymouth life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse leaving Millbay Docks to go to the assistance of the crabber, Sunlit Waters, broken down off Penlee on 16th February, 1967. A force seven wind was blowing at the time.. - View image in PDF
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Alderney lifeboat crew are presented to the Duchess of Kent by Coxswain Stephen Shaw. Behind the Duchess are (r) Mr Michael Vernon, a deputy chairman of the RNLI, and (I) Dr John Ayoub, chairman of the branch committee. photograph by... - View image in PDF
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At their Army Air Day 1973 last July at their base in Middle Wallop, Hampshire, the Army Air Corps raised more than £2,000 for the RNLI. The money is to be used at the inshore lifeboat station, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. In appreciation... - View image in PDF
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