A LORRY decorated by the chairman and secretary of the Luton branch, Lieut-Commander Bernard McDonald, R.N.V.R., and Commander W. R. S.
Smith, R.N.V.R., with equipment supplied by the Institution's depot won the first...
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LORD GREY PRESENTING THE CERTIFICATE of SERVICE TO JOHN STEPHENSON. - View image in PDF
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The Launching Of A Norfolk And Suffolk Sailing Life Boat.
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MARCH 15TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE, AND CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE.
At 3.50 P.M. the coastguard telephoned to Girvan that a ship was ashore on Ailsa Craig A moderate southerly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The life-boat...
Fig 4: (below) Web frames, stringers, engine bearers and keelson are all now in place. The shape of the propeller tunnels, aft, is already emerging.. - View image in PDF
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On the afternoon of the 25th June the sailing boat Nancy put out from West Hartle- pool, with four men and one woman on board, to fish. At 2.35 A.M. on the 26th the coastguard reported that the boat had not returned. The weather was very...
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 10.15 a-m- on 23fd January, 1965, Trinity House, Swansea, informed the honorary secretary that one of the crew of the Helwick lightvessel was sick and as the Trinity House vessel Alert was not available the...
TOW FOR OYSTER SMACK AFTER BREAKDOWN Ramsgate, Kent. At 1.42 on the afternoon of the 14th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was firing flares off North Foreland. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis...
1.—Moved by the CHAIRMAN :— 1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the Officers of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION for the current year:— (vide last page for this list,) 2,—Moved by Admiral Sir GEORGE SAR- TORIUS, K.C.B.,...
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Torbay, Devon.—On the 23rd January the s.s. English Trader, of London, ran ashore at the entrance of DartmouthHarbour. The motor life-boat George Shee rescued the fifty-two men on board. Rewards : Bronze second service clasp, vellums, letter...