For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) IN 1824.—SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS
PATRONESS.
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN...
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JANUARY 29TH. - PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.
The Isle of Man Steam Packet Passenger and Mail Boat, Rushen Castle, with 150 passengers and crew on board, left Liverpool at 10 A.M. on the 27th January, 1940, and arrived in Douglas Bay...
BY the death of ex-Coxswain Kobert Smith of Tynemouth, on 30th October last, in his eightieth year, one of the greatest of the Institution's Coxswains has passed away. No man more gallantly and more honourably carried on the great...
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National INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK. ESTABLISHED IN SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS. PATRONESS. HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. VICE-FATUOUS. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. HIS MAJESTY THE...
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50 Years Ago Ship on Fire By Lieutenant L. A. C. May, R.M. (Ret.), Honorary Secretary, Holy head Station.
The telephone rings loud and loud; time 5.25 am, 22nd March 1937. 1 hasten to answer it and am informed by the...
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AFTEK their busiest winter on the seas for twenty years, life-boatmen have been very busy during the past year on the air. There have been nine broadcasts in which English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh coxswains have taken...
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Mablethorpe: After putting ashore two injured men from the grounded barge Almeco, Helmsman William Tuplin (I) and Crew Member Wayne Docking prepare to relaunch the D class inflatable lifeboat to return to the casualty. The third lifeboatman,... - View image in PDF
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Bridlington: On the morning of November 27, 1975, Bridlington lifeboat, the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King stood by, with drogue streamed, while a coble and ten motor fishing vessels entered harbour. The wind was southerly strong... - View image in PDF
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Harwich's new Atlantic 21, dedicated on Saturday May 27 by the Reverend J. Chelton, the branch padre, was provided by Dudley Hunt; Mr and Mrs R. Aitken, members of the family, were present. Also present were members of Harwich and... - View image in PDF
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IT IS THE GREAT AMBITION of F0rOya Bjargingarfelag, the Faroese Lifesaving Society, to develop a lifeboat service as an extension to the coast rescue equipment companies it has already established at various strategic points round this...
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