JANUARY 23RD. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 8.15 P.M. flag officer in charge Great Yarmouth asked, through the coastguard, for the services of the life-boat for R.A.F. High Speed Launch 124, which was aground on Scroby Sands...
Plymouth, Devon.—On the night of the 22nd September information was received from the King's Harbour- Master that the ketch Amazon, of Plymouth, was ashore on the rocks in Cawsand Bay. The weather was very foggy, with a smooth sea and...
A Yokel's Fair organised last July by customers of the Black Horse, Byworth, Petworth— licensee John Waldy—raised t450 for the RNLl. Held in the grounds of the inn and Roland Sailer's adjoining field, the programme included a... - View image in PDF
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Fonthe third year in succession Newport branch, Gwent, has raised tl ,000 at its annual cocktail party held in the Missions to Seamen on Newport Docks. At the tombola drum, Councillor Roy Morris, Mayor of Newport and president of the branch,... - View image in PDF
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The yacht's hull being constructed using ferro cement techniques.. - View image in PDF
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The Duke takes an interest in first aid procedures Photos; Bella West Photography. - View image in PDF
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Destined for life-boat stations all over the U.K., the first ever delivery of Martell cognac was recently received at the R.N.L.I. Depot at Borehamwood, Herts. Taken in the depot's rigging loft, the picture shows (left to right)... - View image in PDF
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Baby Emu tries to snatch back the cheque for £580 he and Rod Hull have just handed over to Ray Kipling, deputy public relations officer, RNLI, at Bentalls, Kingston-upon- Thames. The money was raised by Emu's country-wide promotion... - View image in PDF
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• The first lifeboat in the Penzance area was built in 1803 to Henry Greathead's design, purchased by local subscription and a donation from Lloyd's.
Unfortunately, the early initiative faded and the boat was sold...
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DECEMBER 14TH. - STORNOWAY, ISLAND OF’ LEWIS. Shortly after midnight the naval base reported that H.M. L.C.T. 398, a tank landing craft, was ashore on the S.E. corner of Goat Island in Stornoway Harbour, and that her crew of fifteen had...