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South African Life-Boat Service
A new life-boat service has recently come into being. This has been formed in the Union of South Africa and is known as the National Sea Rescue Institute of South Africa. The organisation is a voluntary one and aims to establish some 38 life...
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The S.S. Cormorant, of Kirkwall
On 10th February, at 2.45 in the afternoon, when a whole gale from the S.E.
was blowing with a heavy sea, it was reported at Stromness that the S. S Cormorant, of Kirkwall, was in distress in Eynhallow Sound. The Motor...
Isolda
Dur- ing a moderate to strong gale on the 14th March a three-masted schooner was observed at anchor on the south side of the Greengrounds, dragging her anchors. As she was in a position of danger, and had hoisted a two flag signal, the...
Boats, bangles and bands: the occasion was the annual bazaar of the Hakin Point branch
Boats, bangles and bands: The occasion was the annual bazaar of the Hakin Point branch and once again crowds attended for boat trips, bargains and other attractions, one of which was the fishing boat race organised by the South West Wales... - View image in PDF
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Freemen of the City:
Freemen of the City: ten lifeboatmen and committee members of the Selsey lifeboat station were admitted to the Freedom of the City of London by the Chamberlain, Mr Bernard P. Harty, at the Guildhall, London, on Friday July 12. Colonel and... - View image in PDF
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Welcome
Whether people walk by the sea, have fun on it, or save lives in it, we want them to stay safe. Lifeguards like those pictured on our front page face tough training to prepare them: high standards of fitness, safety knowledge...
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An Aeroplane (67)
AUGUST 25TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
At 1.32 A.M. the coastguard reported an aeroplane down in the sea. The weather was calm. The motor life-boat Cyril and Lilian Philpott was launched at 2 A.M. When she was off Ecclesbourne...
Key-Side Concert
Peter Skellern (inset) at the keys of a grand piano aboard a car ferry moored off Polruan quay for an evening concert in aid of the RNLI.
(Photos courtesy Devon and Cornwall Press Agency (inset) and A. G.... - View image in PDF
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A Speed Boat
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
The Aberdeen Life-Boat Station
FOR the past seventy years there has been a Life-boat Station at Aberdeen, provided and maintained, not by the Institution, but by the Aberdeen Har- bour Commissioners.
The first Boat for the Station was procured by the...
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