Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 11.40 a.m. on 2Oth October, 1965, the coastguard told the coxswain that the fishing coble Moss Rose was out in conditions likely to deteriorate. The life-boat Friendly Forester was launched in a strong...
THE President of the R.N.L.I., the Duke of Kent, said at the 148th annual meeting at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on 18th May, that the Institution rested on four great pillars, each of which was essential to its health and...
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Thursday, 1st January, 1863. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
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Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 10.15 on the night of the 9th of August, 1959, the owner of the yacht Avis told the honorary secretary that the yacht, which had two men on board, was over- due on passage from Beaumaris to Knott End,...
(Right) From lifeboat crew to helicopter crew: presentation of 150th anniversary commemorative mugs during joint exercise of Wells lifeboat and RAF Coltishall helicopters.
More than 20,000 of these anniversary mugs made by... - View image in PDF
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Standard bearer and ILB: The bonds between Guides and lifeboat service were drawn even closer by the dedication at Hartlepool, Cleveland, on April 24 of Guide Friendship III, the third Atlantic 21 given to the Institution by Guides, Rangers... - View image in PDF
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Swedish lifeboat arrives for trials The Swedish Victoria class lifeboat, which is to be trialled by the RNLI as part of the RNLI's Lifeboats 2000 boat development programme, arrived in Poole on 15 February.
She was... - View image in PDF
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St. Ives, Cornwall - At 10.45 a-mon 18th March, 1967, a French fishing vessel was reported to be in difficulties half a mile north west of St. Ives Head.
The life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was launched at 11...
Fleetwood's annual lifeboat weekend was packed with many successful events which together brought in £4,000. The Mayor of Wyre (above). Councillor Maurice Davies, is seen here starting a sponsored 66-mile relav run to Morecambe... - View image in PDF
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Lifeboat Crews Receive The Highest Standard Of Training. - View image in PDF
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