Ix 1949 the Life-boat Service set up a new record. Its life-boats went out to the rescue 639 times. That is the largest number there has ever been in time of peace. In time of war it has been exceeded only thrice, in 1939, 1940 and 1941.<...
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THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain William J. Hughes, of Rhyl, who retired at the end of 1948 after serving for 21 years as an officer of the life-boat..
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BROADSTARS.—The reserve Life-boat temporarily placed at this station was launched at 9 P.M. on the 12th May, in a heavy rolling sea and a N.N.E. wind, and proceeded to the assistance of a vessel which had burnt flares off the North Foreland....
The RNLI's Shoreworks Manager Howard Richings continues his look at the Institution's shore facilities T;• he effects of coastal geology on the costs of operating the lifeboat service may not be immediately apparent, but the relative...
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IN The, Lifeboat for last February an account was given of the help received from cinemas during the display of two films, " Down to the Sea in Ships " and " Women Who Give," which had Life-boat interest. These films were...
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Walmer Life-Boat Station From The Air. - View image in PDF
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Les Coe, the head launcher, shovels an evenly sloping pathway between the sea and the short slipway by the turntable.. - View image in PDF
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THOSE who were in London during the centenary celebrations of the Institution in July, 1924, will remember seeing on the Thames the Dutch Twin-screw Motor Life-boat Brandaris, which is just two inches longer than our largest type—the 60-foot...
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