The Margate, Kent, 1KB assisting the m.f.v. Jaroma on 24th August, 1969, when she ran aground on a sand bank. Four men were taken off her and the service in which the Margate life-boat also took part is described on this. - View image in PDF
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Aberdovey, Gwynedd Relief Atlantic 21: September 18 and October 6 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: September 11 and October 11 Aberystwyth, Dyfed D class inflatable: September 13 and 26 Aith, Shetland 52ft Barnett: September 11, 26 and October...
Category: Services
The District Inspector of Life-boats for the South East, Mr. R. D. Pike, being briefed by Staff- Sergeant R. Fennessey, U.S.A.F.,about the pilot's survival kit used with the McDonnell F-4C Phantom II fighter.. - View image in PDF
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Andy Whyte With Uscg Coasties. - View image in PDF
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The passages of two new life-boats to their stations are described here by men who were aboard. The first account, reproduced by courtesy of the Eastern Daily Press in which it appeared on 28th October, 1964, is written by Dr. P. S. Barclay,...
Category: Articles
Thursday, 8th April, 1868: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq.,F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Com-...
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Captain Hans Hansson, Director of the Swedish Lifeboat Service, speaking at the annual meeting. On the right of the picture is the Duchess of Kent.. - View image in PDF
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Two of the Southwold ILB team receiving theirawards from the Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., at the annual meeting in London in May. Top: Mr. Patrick Pile and (below) Mr. Martin Helmer.. - View image in PDF
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HRH The Duchess of Kent takes a short trip around the harbour following the ceremony to name the new Mersey class lifeboat Kingdom of Fife. - View image in PDF
Photo William Flett. - View image in PDF
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Dungeness, and Dover, Kent; and Hastings, Sussex.—About 9.25 on the night of the 18th of December, 1952, the Dungeness life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson had just returned from a service launch to a steamer aground a mile east of the...