The platform party after the life-boat naming ceremony at Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland, on 10th June, 1972, by Mrs, Brian Lenihan, in the presence of the Minister for Transport and Power.
A 37-foot Oakley... - View image in PDF
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The tiny Much H'enlock brunch of the RNLI in the middle of England is reported to be 'suddenly doing very well indeed'. Here are some of its members in fund-raising form.
by courtesy of The Shropshire Star and... - View image in PDF
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Commodore The Right Hon. The Earl Howe (right), Chairman of the Committee of Management from 1956 to 1964: as at home in a lifeboat as at an international conference—or at the wheel of a high-speed car.. - View image in PDF
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Members of the St Helier lifeboat crew, who raised £.3,000 towards the cost of the new lifeboat to be placed in Jersey through a sponsored row to Guernsey. Pictured here (extreme left) is Mr A. Alexandra, manager of the St Helier branch... - View image in PDF
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A celebration for some of the swimmers who successfully completed a relay swim across the Solent from Ryde to Southsea Castle. It took the party of children and adults two hours and six minutes to swim the five miles, and they raised... - View image in PDF
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On November 2 a delegation from the Spanish Red Cross of the Sea lifeboat society paid a goodwill visit to RNLI HQ and depot at Poole, going on the next day to visit Lymington and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, lifeboat stations and the ILB depot... - View image in PDF
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WHO has not heard of GRACE DARLING, the heroine of the Longstone Lighthouse? whose name, associated with the wreck of the Forfarshire steamer, will long be remembered amongst the annals of those who, although holding humble stations in life,...
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(Above!. The sophisticated fibre reinforced composite (FRC) construction gives light weight with strength, but needs much planning at the design stage.. - View image in PDF
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L-R: Staff Coxswain Mike Storey is congratulated by Staff Officer Chris Price on being the first to pass the new tests. - View image in PDF
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I.—DISASTERS AT SEA. THE LIFE-BOAT TO THE RESCUE.
To lie awake listening to the storm,—to hear the rush of the wind, now moaning in the chimney, now thundering at the windows, against which the rain beats and hustles,—to...
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