FOR LIFEBOAT PEOPLE 1982 was a very full year. The Institution's lifeboats were called out more than 3,000 times and the number of lives rescued was the highest in the past seven years: 1,244.
These figures are...
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LAST JULY, for the first time in its history and as one of its contributions to Maritime England Year, the Institution opened its head office and depot at Poole to the public. It was an entirely new departure which provided a unique...
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St David's Royal visit In May, Her Majesty Queen Mamahato B Seeiso the Queen Mother and her son Prince Seeiso B Seeiso of Lesotho, South Africa, visited St David's lifeboat station. They were in St David's to sign a twinning...
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ALAS! How many wholesale shipwrecks have the last few months witnessed! How many human beings, who might otherwise, like ourselves, have been now enjoying the many and varied blessings which life affords, have been cut off by these sad, sad...
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August September October November December Number of times life-boats called out on service 1966 70...
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US Coast Guard 52-Feet Steel Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 8 T H . - B A L T I M O R E , C O .
CORK. At 8.35 at night the relatives of the crew of the motor fishing boat Pride of Sherkin, of Sherkin Island, reported the boat long overdue. A moderate north-east gale was...
Sun and the Moon control Time and Tide, be master TIDEMASTER MOONPHASE Chronometer accuracy * Luminised hands * Automatic Calendar Exact phase of the moon displayed Spring and Neap tides at i glance *Tide bezel* shows daily tides *...
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HUMANITY . . . courage . . . dedication.
These words must have equivalents in every language and they were used repeatedly by delegates from all over the world at the fourteenth International Lifeboat Conference (ILC) in...
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