ON Sunday, the 19th of February, 1961, the first television appeal on behalf of the life-boat service was broadcast by the B.B.C. The appeal to viewers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was made by Mr. Wynford Vaughan Thomas. That to...
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Calling all Mancunians: Manchester has a long and historic connection with the RNLI. The very first street collection was held in Manchester and Salford in October 1891, when £5,000 was collected, and over the years Manchester's... - View image in PDF
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Launches 32. Lives rescued 24.
MAY 3RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO.
WEXFORD. During the afternoon the coxswain was watching the Wexford pilot boat off Wexford Bar, apparently waiting for the tide. A N.N.E....
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Getting the reserve life-boat Grace Darling launched in May, 1970, when she was taken by a Bridlington crew from Flamborough to Bridlington.. - View image in PDF
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(Below) High pressure water jets made quick work of cleaning the bottom.. - View image in PDF
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(Right) John McPherson and Nicola Coudge at work in the design studio.. - View image in PDF
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Daylight Reveals The Broken Up Wreck O/La Morlaye On Whitley Beach. - View image in PDF
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Representatives of Castletownbere lifeboat receive the generous cheque from Mr Ross' family. - View image in PDF
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Imagine the sealed orange superstructure as a permanently inflated air bag' and it is easier to imagine the upward lorce it is generating as this Tyne class hleooai rolls upright. This view also shows how the height of the upperworks... - View image in PDF
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From a drawing by John Hart (See page 406).
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