On the very hot, sunny day of June 6, Mrs Irene Carrington, wife of the president of the St Ives, Huntingdonshire, Rotary Club, named the new D class ILB for Wells station Spirit of Rotary, pouring champagne over her bows. The St Ives branch... - View image in PDF
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ON 3rd October, 1923, in a whole N.N.W. gale with a terrific sea, the trawlers of Brixham, were in danger in the harbour from a steamer, the Tuscarora, of Sunderland, which had come into collision with another steamer, the Torvald, of Sweden...
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(Right) The shore-party carries out a final search of Big Cat as she lies wedged on rocks on Beginnis Island. - View image in PDF
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To mark the retirement of Willie McEachern, motor mechanic at Islay for 25 years and a lifeboatman of 40 years service, he and his wife were guests of honour at a carnival dance in December—a gathering of friends and colleagues. During the... - View image in PDF
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The Spanish Motor Life-Boat "Sir William Hillary". - View image in PDF
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The Duke of Kent and Mrs Tom Lisle of Cullercoats. - View image in PDF
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Naming Ceremony of the New Sunderland Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
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The Naming Ceremony Cromer No 2 Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
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The District Inspector of Life-boats for the South East, Mr. R. D. Pike, being briefed by Staff- Sergeant R. Fennessey, U.S.A.F.,about the pilot's survival kit used with the McDonnell F-4C Phantom II fighter.. - View image in PDF
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The Flamborough lifeboat returning from a service in June, 1967.. - View image in PDF
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