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On the Night of 14Th October Last Year the Buckle, Banffshire, Life-Boat Laura Moncur and a Shackleton Mark 3 of No. 120 Squadron, R.A.F. Kinloss, Took Part In a Search and Rescue Exercise. T
On the night of 14th October last year the Buckle, Banffshire, life-boat Laura Moncur and a Shackleton Mark 3 of No.
120 Squadron, R.A.F. Kinloss, took part in a search and rescue exercise. The life-boat carried a second... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Right) Burton-On-Trent Branch President and a Committee Member Plan to Visit All English Mainland Lifeboat Stations on Their Bmw Motorcycles They Will Start from the Rnli Stand at the Royal
(Right) Burton-on-Trent branch president and a committee member plan to visit all English mainland lifeboat stations on their BMW motorcycles. They will start from the RNLI stand at the Royal Show being held at the National Agricultural... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ocean Spray (1)
FOUR LIFE-BOATS IN SEARCH OF A YACHT Padstow, Cornwall, Clovelly, Appledore, and Dfracombe, Devon.—On the llth of November, 1947, the motor yacht Ocean Spray, with a crew of two men and a woman, ran«into very bad weather off the north...
The Duke of Atholl Former Convener of the Scottish Lifeboat Council With Mrs E P Hill Former Secretary of Gourock Ladies' Guild Mrs Hill Awarded a Gold Badge Had Bee
The Duke of Atholl, former convener of the Scottish Lifeboat Council, with Mrs E. P.
Hill, former secretary of Gourock ladies' guild. Mrs Hill, awarded a gold badge, had been unable to attend the AGM in London in May to... - View image in PDF
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The Hatch Boat (18-01) Which Was Illustrated In the Life-Boat for March 1967 Has Been Modified and Is Now Self-Righting She Can Be Used As a Boarding Boat
The Hatch boat (18-01), which was illustrated in The Life-boat for March, 1967, has been modified and is now self-righting. She can be used as a boarding boat to take life-boat crews from the shore to life-boats which remain afloat, and she... - View image in PDF
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Seven Houses Are Being Built at Spurn Head for the Humber Lifeboat Crews This Is a Desolate Spot of Land and If the Rnli Did Not Provide Housing There Would Be No Crew F
DONATE A HOUSE? Seven houses are being built at Spurn Head for the Humber lifeboat crews. This is a desolate spot of land and if the RNLI did not provide housing there would be no crew for the boat.
The total cost is... - View image in PDF
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A Lifebelt Cheque for £200 Was Paid Into Banbury and District Branch's Bank Account the Money Being the Profit from a Round Table Dinner at Brackley at Which Raym
A lifebelt cheque for £200 was paid into Banbury and District branch's bank account, the money being the profit from a Round Table dinner at Brackley at which Raymond Baxter, a member of the RNLI's Public Relations Committee was... - View image in PDF
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While on Service to the Coaster Heye P Wrecked at Prawle Point In Severe Gales Last December Salcombe Lifeboat Had to Cut Away Her Anchor the Anchor Was Later Recovered By Members of N
While on service to the coaster Heye P, wrecked at Prawle Point in severe gales last December, Salcombe lifeboat had to cut away her anchor. The anchor was later recovered by members of North East Essex and Ipswich branches of the British... - View image in PDF
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Life-Boat Launches on Service During the Months December 1970, January and February, 1971
Aith, Shetland Appledore, North Devon Ballycotton, Co. Cork Bar-mouth, Merionethshire Barra Island, Outer Hebrides Barrow, Lancashire Barry Dock, Glamorganshire Beaumaris, Anglesey Blackpool, Lancashire Bridlington, Yorkshire Calshot,...
Category: Services
What Are Lifeboats Made Of? By James Paffett Rcnc Ceng Frina Honfni Frsa Chairman of the Technical Consultative Committee
For modern boats there is a choice. Wood, glass reinforced plastic, steel and aluminium are all very good, well tried materials. The first three have all been used for RNLI lifeboat hulls while aluminium is used for superstructures. All have...
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