Christmas festivities in Kirkwall brought a number of generous donations for the lifeboat.
Ron Spiers ofTorvhaug Enterprises set up a magnificent Christmas tree outside his inn door and raised £102.56 with a... - View image in PDF
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(Below) Port St Mary's 54ft Arun The Gough Ritchie and Port Erin's 37ft 6in Rather Osman Gabriel, together with Port St Mary's D- class ILB and boarding boat, man ship ready to cheer King Olaf.
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From St Albans and District comes news of the opening in July of Salisbury Hall by its owner, Walter Goldsmith, in aid of the RNLI.
In foreground (below) two of display of five lifeboat models made by John Gilbert, and a... - View image in PDF
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Two of a set of Cavan Crystal Gaelic coffee (or wine) glasses. Each glass carries a different RNLI decoration. Price £3.50 from RNLI Dublin Office (10 Merrion Square), or from our shop at Bell Parade, Glebe Way, West Wickham, Kent... - View image in PDF
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ABERYSTWYTH.—On the 7th October, during the severe storm which worked wide devastation over a great portion of the United Kingdom, a vessel was seen to be labouring heavily and showing signals of distress, some two or three miles from the...
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.44 on the night of the 17th of December, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had been seen to burn flares one mile off Minster, Isle of Sheppey.
At 10.15 the life-boat Greater...
Torbay, Devon.—On the night of the 30th January, 1939, the Berry Head coastguard reported that rockets had been seen about eight miles to the eastward.
A moderate easterly gale was blowing, with a heavy swell. At 8.55 P.M....
Extended lifeguard season saves the dayBeach lifeguards at Perranporth were surprised to see a horse and rider galloping up to them on the afternoon of 26 October 2003 Two horse riders had been enjoying a sunny autumn day on Perran Sands...
A GIFT of ten shillings has come from a working man at Southend-on-Sea in gratitude for the rescue of three men by the Southend motor life-boat Greater London. He had never seen the three men before, but had let them have his boat to go...
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The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat is...
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