When Mrs. V. M. Waldock, of Chislehurst, Kent, attended the annual meeting of the R.N.L.I. on 9th April, 1968, she brought with her her original life-boat collecting box which she had 'some time before 1930 from a Miss Lawson who was the...
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The Protestant Archbishop of Dublin Dedicates Her To God. - View image in PDF
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Rescued Sailors Being Landed From The New Brighton Life-Boat In June 1966 After Two Dinghies Had Overturned In Rock Channel Off Wallasey See Page 226. - View image in PDF
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Enter the autumn 2005 Lifeboat Lottery for a chance to win the star prize: a Proton GEN-2 1.6 CSX car, kindly provided by Proton Cars UK Ltd. You could also win one of eight cash prizes ranging from £100 to... - View image in PDF
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New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 11.15 on the morning of the 21st of April, 1957, the Wallasey police reported that a rubber dinghy was being swept out to sea one mile off Harrison Drive. The life-boat coxswain and motor mechanic went to the drive...
JULY 21ST. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. A R.A.F. aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £4 18s.
BARRY DOCK, August 8, 1987: both Barry Dock's Arun and Penarth's 16ft inflatable were called out when this drilling rig, in use for the proposed barrage at Cardiff, broke through the crust of the sea bed and listed to 40 degrees. Two... - View image in PDF
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Caught in the path of Storm Abigail, the crew of a broken-down shellfish trawler needed RNLI volunteers to come to their aid – quickly
As the storm passed over them on 12 November 2015, the 12 men onboard trawlers Genesis...
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Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—Just be- fore midnight on the 6th of July, 1957, the police telephoned that a motorist had reported seeing three red rockets off Kildalloig three miles south of Camp- beltown. The life-boat City of Glasgow II put...
BembridgB, Isle of Wight—At 2.29 on the afternoon of the 25th of May, 195.7, 'the Foreland- coastguard tele- phoned that ; the > yacht Janis, of Bosham, was making little headway a mile and a half south-west of Ventnor pier but was...