(Above) At Twickenham and District branch's annual RNLJ ball, held at York House, Twickenham, on January 23, over £1,000 was raised by the tombola and raffle, for which more than 500 items were donated by local... - View image in PDF
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Yacht towed in THE HIGH WINDS OF Sunday August 11, 1985, which brought about a bronze medal service at St Peter Port, Guernsey and vellum services at Weymouth and Ramsgate (already reported in earlier issues), and which involved 39 stations...
Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 6.15 on the evening of the 5th May, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a boy had fallen over the cliff at Maughold Head and later asked for the life-boat. At 6.35 the life-boat Frank and...
ON the 20th of April last a grievous disaster occurred on the Goodwin Sands, which resulted in the loss of a Norwegian brig, The Auguste Herman Francke, with six hands out of a crew of seven all told.
All day on the 20th a...
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Using the 'It's a Knockout' theme, which has recently re-emerged into the limelight, the RNLI staged Sail Safari, an 'around the world boat race' in Battersea Park on 25 September. The event was part of the RNLI's... - View image in PDF
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To JAMES E. BUMBLE, on his retirement, after serving for twenty-two years as coxswain of the Sheringham life-boat, a coxswain's certificate of service and an annuity.
To DAVID ARTHUR, on his retirement, after serving...
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The Men and the Boats by Bernard Ashley (Allman & Son, 15s.) is appro- priately the first book in a new series entitled 'Serving our Society'. Other volumes on the police and the fire service are in preparation. The book is...
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Barrow, Lancashire - At 3 p.m. on 30th July, 1967, it was learnt that the converted life-boat Gamecock was overdue.
The life-boat Herbert Leigh was launched at 3.25 in a fresh south westerly breeze and a choppy sea. The...
LOSSIEMOUTH, MORAYSHIRE. At 11.25 in the morning of the 21st of December, 1944, the coastguard saw a Mosquito aeroplane crash in the sea near Covesea Skerries, two or three miles north-west of Lossiemouth. The Institution’s auxiliary...
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Pulling a fast one? There is no truth whatsoever in the rumour that the RNLI trials team are looking for an alternative means of lifeboat propulsion and asked the Director to acheive 25 knots under oar! Brian Miles, right, is actually... - View image in PDF
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