APPLEDORE, DEVON.—The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has re- cently sent a new Life-boat to Appledore, North Devon, to replace one which had been stationed there for many years. The new boat is 34 feet long, 1 feet wide, and rows...
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Oliver, G.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., LL.D., died in his loist year on i5th October, 1965. He was, in the words of The Times obituary, "one of the outstanding seamen of his time". A man of few words and...
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ABERYSTWITH.—A new 34-feet, 10- oared Life-boat has been forwarded to this well-known Welsh watering-place, its cost having been defrayed from a hand- some legacy bequeathed to the Institution, through its Manchester Branch, by the late Mr....
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Fowey, Cornwall.—At 5.35 on the evening of the 3rd of November, 1953, a shipping company at Par reported that they had received a message that the motor ship Summity, of London, had asked for help as she had broken down half a mile...
At the Irish International Boat Show, Ballsbridge, Dublin, last March, 215 new Shoreline members were enrolled at the RNLI stand. On the first day (I.
to r.) Peter Holness, membership secretary, meets Mr Ted Magee, chairman... - View image in PDF
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The crew of Katy-M, the entry from Kearney and Trecker Marwin, Brighton, pause to talk to Newhaven lifeboat crew after winning the River Ouse annual raft race from Lewes to Newhaven on April 15, knocking two minutes off their own record time... - View image in PDF
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At 7 A.M. on the 5th November, during a strong W.S.W. gale and very heavy sea.
signals of distress were seen on board a small schooner which was in a very dangerous position and dragging her anchors. The steam Life-boat...
Three hard-working supporters each receive a donation for the RNLI, and encouragement from Mrs Margaret Thatcher, Leader of the Opposition: Chelsea Pensioners (I. to r.) Frank Elverson, Topper Brown and Joe Marriott, who between them... - View image in PDF
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Her Grace Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk.
patron of Linlehampton branch, presented a silver statuette to Mr R. J. C. Richards, a former treasurer of the branch, during Littlehampton's lifeboat ball last autumn. With them... - View image in PDF
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On the llth January it was reported to the honorary secretary that the local motor fishing boat Cheerful had not returned from the fishing grounds when expected. A fresh S. to S.S.E. gale was blowing at the time, with a very heavy sea, and...