Expenditure in 1942 was £291,486. That was £12,261 more than in 1941, but much less than in a year of peace. The reason is that while in the last year of peace 16 new motor life-boats were sent to the coast, last year not one - out...
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Assistant Chief Inspector of Life-boats A MODERN life-boat may cost as much as £36,500. The great bulk of the cost is, of course, that of the hull and machinery, but a modern life-boat also carries a variety of stores and equip- ment....
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THIRTEEN PRIZES were drawn in the RNLFs twenty-third national lottery on October 28, 1983, by 13 special guests to Poole HQ, all of whom had been involved in the National Soap Box Grand Prix, which, held at Blakesley, Northamptonshire, had...
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B.A.S.P was named after the initials of the four donors who funded her. She is an example of an early motor lifeboat but was still fitted with a mast and sails.
Type 45ft Watson Motor Single Screw Lifeboat Built 1924 Length... - View image in PDF
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The No. 2.
Life-boat Matthew Middlewood was called out on the 16th October by signals of distress from a vessel close to the headland. When the Life-boat reached the vessel she was found to be the s.s. Aries, bound from...
Focus on courage: pupils from Sacred Heart School, Redcar, won second prize in the regional final of the Focus-Multi Broadcast Schools Video Award with their film Men of Courage, all about the work of Redcar lifeboat station. The picture... - View image in PDF
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A LONG SEARCH IN FOG Filey, and Flamborough, Yorkshire.— At 8.35 in the evening of the 17th of August, 1947, the Filey coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy, in which two men had put out fishing at 2.0 in the afternoon, should have...
October 1995 Mrs Mary Cavell, founder member of the Goodwin Sands and Downs Ladies' lifeboat guild, became the first honorary secretary of the guild in 1952 until 1972 when she remained at committee member until 1983. She was awarded the...
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Longhope, Orkney.—1st August. A steam trawler had stranded during a fog on the east side of Pentland Skerries, but another trawler stood by her.—Rewards, £13 16s..
Newhaven, Sussex.—1st June. Flares had been seen, but were found to be lights shown by a fishing boat.— Rewards, £11 7s. 6d..