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CROY, DUNURE, AYRSHIRE. While working on Croy shore about 12.30 in the afternoon of the 20th August, 1942, two men saw an aeroplane crash into the sea about half a mile from the shore. The weather was fine and the sea calm. The pilot got...
Category: Services
Barmouth: Crew Member John H Stockford Honorary Medical Adviser and Crew Member Dr Robert Airdrie Haworth and Motor Mechanic Colin Pugh Are Presented to The
Barmouth: Crew Member John H. Stockford, Honorary Medical Adviser, and Crew Member Dr Robert Airdrie Haworth and Motor Mechanic Colin Pugh are presented to the Duke of Kent. They were the first ILB silver medallists: the awards were made for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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The Samtampa remembered On browsing through the Summer 1992 edition of THE LIFEBOAT I saw an article refering to the Mumbles lifeboat and Samtampa tragedy.
At that time I was stationed at Porthcawl with the RAF No. 1105...
Category: Correspondence
The Motor Yacht Gramarie (Above), Known to Be Lying at Palma, Majorca, In the Mid-1960s, Was Once the Margate, Kent, Life-Boat On694
The motor yacht Gramarie (above), known to be lying at Raima, Majorca, in the mid-1960s, was once the Margate, Kent, life-boat ON694 J. P. Proudfoot. She was built in 1924, and in 1940 the crew shown below took her out to rescue P/O Richard... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below) After Her Naming at Newhaven on September 7 1983 the New Arun Lifeboat Demonstrates Her Manoeuvrability
. . . (below) after her naming, at Newhaven on September 7, 1983, the new Arun lifeboat demonstrates her manoeuvrability. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Saving Display By the "William & Kate Johnston" at the Inaugural Ceremony
Life-Saving Display By The "William & Kate Johnston" at The Inaugural Ceremony. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Above) Delegates from 25 Countries Met In Conference at the Hotel Atlantic Kijkduin Near the Hague
(Above) Delegates from 25 countries met in conference at the Hotel Atlantic, Kijkduin, near the Hague.. - View image in PDF
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Model of the Plenty Lifeboat Which Won a Diploma at the Hyde Park Exhibition of 1851
Model of the Plenty Lifeboat which won a diploma at the Hyde Park Exhibition of 1851.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Mumbles Raft Race In Aid Of The RNLI Is In Its 23rd Year
The Mumbles raft race in aid of the RNLI is in its 23rd year Photo: South Wales Evening Post. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Hull Form of the Arun Class Is Shown Clearly In This Self-Righting Trial
The hull form of the Arun class is shown clearly in this self-righting trial. Note the flat sections aft to promote planing and the small tunnels to allow larger propellers.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs