The Lord Mayor of Manchester, Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, jp, who opened Manchester Boat Show, meets David Jones, divisional organiser north west, at the RNLI stand.
With them are area organisers James Murray and Brian... - View image in PDF
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In addition to the services by life-boats which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 575, 586, 590, the following launches on service were made during the months September to November, 1968, inclusive: Aith,...
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On November 2 a delegation from the Spanish Red Cross of the Sea lifeboat society paid a goodwill visit to RNLI HQ and depot at Poole, going on the next day to visit Lymington and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, lifeboat stations and the ILB depot... - View image in PDF
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The Scarborough 37-foot Oakley life-boat /. G. Groves of Sheffield whose coxswain recently wrote to Mr. R. A. Oakley, M.B.E., M.R.I.N.A.,the life-boat designer, who fast year retired from full-time service with the Institution, to tell him... - View image in PDF
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• She is ex-lifeboat R.A. Colby Cubbin No.1 (ON 929), a 46ft motor Watson lifeboat. She was stationed at Douglas, Isle of Man, between 1956 and 1988 and during her RNLI service launched 115 times saving 95 lives. She was refitted in 1975... - View image in PDF
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Scotland South Division Fourteen rescued A TRAWLER, Erlo Hills, ashore north west of the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire, was reported by Clyde Coastguard to the honorary secretary of Campbeltown lifeboat station at 0655 on Friday October 2,...
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The Motor Life-boat Herbert Joy II. was taken out for the usual quarterly exer- cise at low water on the morning of 22nd March. A moderate S.S.E. gale was blowing with a rough sea. While she was out the weather became worse, and as it was...
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FRENCH YACHT'S DIFFICULTY At 4.40 p.m. on the same day the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was dismasted about i\ miles west of the Needles. There was a rough sea with a near gale from the southwest; the weather was...
The operational opening of the Trevose Head, Padstow, lifeboat station took place on 23rd October, 1967, when the new lifeboat James and Catherine Mac- Farlane was launched down the 240-foot long slipway. On the left is the new... - View image in PDF
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