IN THE FIRST PART of this article, published in the spring issue of THE LIFEBOAT, we recalled the righting after capsize on service of four of the Institution's lifeboats and looked at the designer's work which had made possible the...
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Eastbourne: A new D class ILB has been donated by Downland Eastbourne Round Table and about 250 people, including the Mayor and Member of Parliament, were present at the handing over ceremony on Saturday July I . Dick Barnhoorn fc.j,... - View image in PDF
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(Right) Cyril Watts, with his wife Rita, on board Centaur 731, Eilean Sitheil, in which last summer he completed a sponsored circumnavigation of Britain, starting from the Bristol Channel; he expects to raise £1,000 for the RNLI. Mr... - View image in PDF
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The R.N.L.I. maintains a fleet of reserve life-boats, and last year boats built as far back as 1930, 1933, 1935 and 1939 were included. It is after a period in the reserve fleet that such life-boats are put up for private sale. The life-boat... - View image in PDF
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Tramore ILB was twice thrown clear by large breaking seas before the boy stranded on a rocky islet in Ronan's Bay could be reached. Helmsman Frank Partridge and crew members Mr David Kenneally and Mr Sean Walsh have all received the... - View image in PDF
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December 28, 1973: engineer from the hull trawler * *~ Lord Nelson, with badly fractured leg, being taken abroad Calouste Gulbenkian, on relief duty at Bridlington. It was the second service for the lifeboat and her crew in an | hour and a... - View image in PDF
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Jan. 3.—Voted II. !0s. to 3 men of Lerwick, N.B., who rescued 3 persons from the smack Teazer, of Sandsair, Shetland, which had been caught by a squall, and had sunk off Bressay, Shetland, on the 31st October.
Also 41. to...
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Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston (r.), chairman of the Fund Raising Committee, and Glyn Williams (I.), DOS Wales, visited members of Bridgend ladies' guild in October. During the visit, Sir Peter Compston was presented with a cheque for... - View image in PDF
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There are many facets to the running of a nation-wide lifeboat service, and transport is a vital, if usually inconspicuous, aspect.
The latest addition to the RNLI's road fleet is this 17 ton Mercedes 1726, a 260hp, V8... - View image in PDF
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The drum has been spun and Anita Harris draws a winning ticket watched b (I to r) Barry Bright, deputy appeals secretary, Joyce Pearce of the appeals department, who keeps the record, and Anthon Oliver. appeals secretarv. The RNLI is a... - View image in PDF
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