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Notes and News
1924 will be remembered as one of the wettest years on record. But it was not a year of storms, although it ended with great gales all round the coast.
It was, in fact, a year much calmer than the average. It is such years...
Category: Articles
Harwich: When on July 9 the Ex Revenue Cutter L'Atalanta Went Aground on Cork Sands With Six People on Board the Water Was Too Shallow for Harwich's 44' Waven
Harwich: When, on July 9, the ex revenue cutter L'Atalanta went aground on Cork Sands, with six people on board, the water was too shallow for Harwich's 44' Waveney lifeboat Margaret Graham to approach. Two crew members ran a tow... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Launches on Service During the Months June, July and August, 1971
LAUNCHES AND LIVES SAVED BY LIFE-BOATS AND IRBs 1st June 1971 to 31st August 1971: Launches 1,330, lives saved 787 THE ACTIVE FLEET (as at 31/8/71) 135 station life-boats 111 inshore rescue boats LIVES RESCUED 94,443 from the Institution'...
Category: Services
A Summer Wine and Quiche Party Organised By Northampton Ladies' Guild and Held at Castle Ashby the Home of the Marquess of Northampton Raised £1133 for Aldeburgh Lifeboat Appeal Cond
A summer wine and quiche party organised by Northampton ladies' guild and held at Castle Ashby, the home of the Marquess of Northampton, raised £1,133 for Aldeburgh lifeboat appeal. Conducted tours were taken round this delightful... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
October
Launches 45 Lives rescued 66 OCTOBER 4TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
On the night of the 3rd of October, HMS. Cam, with a crew of twenty-two, was being towed to West Hartlepool for repairs, by the American deep sea tug W.S.A.2....
Category: Services
The New Experimental Irb Stationed at Lyme Regis Which Is Referred to on Page 52 Was Built at Atlantic College In South Wales the Boat Has a Five-Compartment 20-Inch
The new experimental IRB stationed at Lyme Regis, which is referred to on page 52, was built at Atlantic College in South Wales. The boat has a five-compartment 20-inch diameter special tube made by Messrs. Dunlop and is fabric strip glued... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Right) South Africa: Hubert Davies One of the National Sea Rescue Institute's 10M Lifeboats In Table Bay
(Right) South Africa: Hubert Davies, one of the National Sea Rescue Institute's 10m lifeboats, in Table Bay.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
At Porthcawl Talking With Lt John Unwin Divisional Inspector of Lifeboats (West) and Members of the Ilb Crew
at Porthcawl, talking with Lt John Unwin, divisional inspector of lifeboats (West) and members of the ILB crew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
There Was a Constant Stream of Visitors to See Mountbatten of Burma the Prototype Rnli Medina 35 Lifeboat
There was a constant stream of visitors to see Mountbatten of Burma, the prototype RNLI Medina 35 lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
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Mr. Walter Ison (Right), Chairman of Bushey Council, Giving Advice Before the Walkers Set Off from Bushey Meads School.
Mr. Walter Ison (right), chairman of Bushey Council, giving advice before the walkers set off from Bushey Meads School.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs