RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. — While the wind was blowing from S.S.W., with the force of a strong breeze to a moderate gale, very squally, with a somewhat rough sea, and rain, on the 13th April, a signal of distress was shown by the ketch Newlands,...
d'Harcourt, President de la Societe Centrale de Sauvetage des Naufrages. - View image in PDF
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A new wing has recently been added to the Institution's depot at Boreham Wood, Herts., to provide extra repair and maintenance facilities for, among equipment items, IRBs of the growing fleet. This night scene shows IRBs in store and one... - View image in PDF
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Angle, Pembrokeshire.—On the afternoon of the 6th September the coast watcher at St. Ann's Head telephoned that a Royal Air Force flying-boat was making SOS signals. A moderate S.E. gale was blowing, and the weather was thick. The sea...
At 11 P.M. on the 26th October the Coastguard reported to the Life-boat Coxswain, George Johnson, that the message S.O.S.
had been received at the Cullercoats —Wireless Telegraph Station from a vessel ashore on the south...
AVAILABLE in a special memorial issue is the late Minnie Mitchelson Goodall's bright humane story, "Tales Told by a Squirrel", the royalties of which go to the Royal National Life-boat Institution. Ideal for young folk, the...
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ITS PAYMENTS AT A GLANCE How each £100 of the Institution's Payments was made in 1957 £ s. d.
30 2 5 —" —- New Construction.
34 19 5 mam m m*~ —m Maintenance of Lifeboats and...
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Humber, Yorkshire.—Early on the morning of the 8th September the lifeboat watchman saw rockets in the direction of Kilnsea, and the motor life-boat City of Bradford II was launched at 5 A.M. A moderate S.S.E.
breeze was...
(Left) A knot board for HQ museum, Poole, presented to Captain Nigel Dixon (I.) by Arthur Hull comes with the goodwill of everyone at ATV Network Studios, Boreham Wood. The knots were made by Tom Riley, a security officer, the frame by Peter... - View image in PDF
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Montrose, Angus - At 8.25 a.m. on I3th January, 1967, a fishing vessel was reported on the rocks between Scurdyness and Usan. The life-boat The Good Hope was launched at 8.45 in a gentle west south westerly wind and a slight sea. It was four...