IN the Queen's first Birthday Honours Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., the chairman of the Committee of Management, was appointed a Knight of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his public services as "Chairman of the Isle...
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Raymond Baxter, chairman of the Public Relations Committee, presented PR awards to (I.) Dr William Guild and (r.) Coxswain Derek Scott. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of David Parker. - View image in PDF
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ALTHOUGH, considering its benevolent object, the small site of ground that is usually required to build a life-boat house on is not likely frequently to become the subject of litigation, yet the Committee of the Royal National Life-Boat...
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A closer view, with the engine-hatch open, showing the engine-room and the two 35-h.p. petrol engines. - View image in PDF
These two photographs are of the 41-feet Watson life-boat Mary Ann Hepwortli, stationed at Whitby in 1938.. - View image in PDF
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P*OR those who wish permanently to benefit what must necessarily be a permanent Work of Humanity.
I give and bequeath to the Royal National Life-boat Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, London,...
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Howth, Co. Dublin. At 10.30 on the morning of the 12th of March, 1958, the coxswain heard on his radio that the fishing trawler Ros Aluinn of Howth had lost her rudder and was in need of help.At 11.10 the life-boat R.P.L. put out in a rough...
TWA is pleased to be associated with the Royal National Life-Boat Institution and offers every good wish for the future.
No. 1 across the Atlantic..
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After the opening of Troon Marina last autumn, Troon's 44ft Waveney lifeboat Connel Elizabeth Cargill took part in a combined exercise with a Sea King helicopter from 819 Squadron, HMS Gannet. photograph by courtesy of HMS... - View image in PDF
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Troon lifeboat, the 44ft Waveney Connel Elizabeth Cargill, leaving Portpulrick in deteriorating weather one Julv morning. She had called in on passage to Holyhead for engine overhaul.
photograph by courtesy of Mr T. G.... - View image in PDF
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Newhaven's Arun class lifeboat Keith Anderson closes in on the MFV Ocean Spirit after the vessel ran aground while entering Newhaven Harbour on 31 March 1994.
Coxswain/mechanic Michael Beach had been about to leave the... - View image in PDF
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