On instruction from the coxswain and second coxswain, the crew of Southsea lifeboat launch by pulling on the haul-off warp. This was a rope which was attached to an anchor offshore, allowing the lifeboat to be hauled out through the surf... - View image in PDF
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ON the afternoon of the 22nd of September, a south-westerly gale was blowing in the mouth of the Mersey with rain squalls and breaking seas twenty feet high. In those heavy seas the military authorities were afraid for the safety of -one of...
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Breakfast, lunch or dinner, RNLI crew leave their families at a moment’s notice to save lives at sea. And this October, we hope you’ll answer our rescue call over dinner too – by hosting a fundraising Fish Supper. From 14–16 October, we need...
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Members of the top form of Kensington High School visit Whits table ILB station.
The school had just raised £1,000 from its summer carnival, the proceeds being shared between Kensington branch and its station... - View image in PDF
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The Duke of Northumberland's Prize Essay Competition Challenge Shield. - View image in PDF
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About To Launch The Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat Firing Another Rocket. - View image in PDF
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The advent of the Boat Show means eleven happy days of reunions with old and introduction to new friends of the lifeboat service who come to the RNLI stand. Cilia Black was one of many welcome visitors, and to show her over Silver Jubilee... - View image in PDF
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the RnLI Headquarters site overlooking Holes bay, poole Harbour Photo: Sue Siegar. - View image in PDF
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FROM the moment that Her Majesty's fine frigate the Galatea* left our shores in the spring of last year, under the command of the youthful Duke of Edinburgh, to visit our colonies in the southern hemisphere, and to convey to them in...
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Despite forceful persuasion the raft Dear Lady seems reluctant to enter the water.
As the only all-lady crew, the member of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston guild were competing in a raft race organised by Gorleston Chamber of... - View image in PDF
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