Mrs Olwyn Lloyd, president of Conway ILB Station and an Honorary Life Governor of the RNLL. - View image in PDF
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(Right) The Lifejacket Consists of Three Layers of Polyurethane Coated Nylon Joined To Make Two Stoles.`. - View image in PDF
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A YACHT MISSING Sunderland, Co. Durham.—The local motor yawl Vigilant, with a crew of four, had gone out from Sunderland on January 1st, 1947, and on the 4th, as nothing had been heard of her, anxiety was felt for her safety and the motor...
The arrival of a new lifeboat on station is an exciting time and greatly anticipated by the crew and the community from which they come. But what will she be like?For many, the RiverTamar simply marks the point where Devon ends and Cornwall...
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APPENDICITIS PATIENT Humber, Yorkshire. At 9.30 a.m.
on 4th January, 1964, a ship's agent in Hull informed the coxswain superintendent that the S.S. Doriefs of Monrovia had on board a sick man suffering from...
The ladies guild in the small market town of Driffield raised £3.046 in 1978, making a total of £9.497 in five years. A cheese and wine party at the Trout Inn is one popular annual event. (I. to r.) Mrs H. Byas. honorary treasurer.... - View image in PDF
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JULY 18TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. The Sunk Light-vessel had been attacked by enemy aircraft, but TrinityHouse steamers went to her help. - Rewards, £20 12s..
On the 25th October, the brigantine Francis, of Shields, was totally wrecked, and afterwards sunk on the Cockle Sands during a strong W.N.W. wind, and in a heavy sea. The Mark Lane life-boat went out and brought safely ashore the...
The National Lifeboat Museum at Princes Wharf, Wapping Road, Bristol, is being opened at weekends this summer with a temporary exhibition occupying a quarter of the available area.
Among the exhibits are a Weyburn engine,... - View image in PDF
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During the five winter months, from October to February, life-boats were launched 241 times and rescued 314 lives, an average of 63 lives a month..
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