The four medallists aboard the Arun Class Duke otAtholl during a press call before the Governors' meeting. From left to right: Coxswain David Kennett, Yarmouth; Coxswain Alan Thomas, Tenby; Helmsman David Steenvoorden, Cleethorpes;... - View image in PDF
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Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—Soon after 8 P.M. on the 12th June messages were received from the coastguard and the Royal Naval Signal Station that a steamer with 120 passengers on board had been beached one mile west of South Shoebury buoy,...
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. — At 8.30 in the morning of the 22nd of June, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was blowing her siren and be- lieved to be on the Geddle Weirs Rocks.
A later message said that she had...
The Newhaven lifeboat Cecil and Lilian Philpott after being rammed amidships by HM trawler Avanturine in a gale on the night of November 23, 1940.. - View image in PDF
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By the death of Mr. F. H. Barclay, of Cromer, on 28th January, at the age of sixty-five, the Institution has lost one of its most trusted and valued honorary secretaries. As the honorary secretary at Cromer, Mr. Barclay was in charge of one...
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Boulmer, Northumberland.—13th September.
The life-boat searched unsuccessfully for a steamer which was sounding her siren continuously in a fog.—Rewards, £13 4s..
Girvan, Ayrshire.—On the evening of the 24th June news was received that the Girvan pleasure motor boat Carrick Lass had run ashore about half a mile .
north of Girvan harbour in a thick mist. The sea was smooth and there...
Lerwick Lifeboatmen Lead Viking Fire Festival. - View image in PDF
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THE Institution will again have a Christmas card and a pocket calendar for sale. The card will be a reproducti on in colour of the picture on this page.
It is a photograph of the 41-feet Newhaven life-boat Cecil and Lillian...
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Standard bearer and ILB: The bonds between Guides and lifeboat service were drawn even closer by the dedication at Hartlepool, Cleveland, on April 24 of Guide Friendship III, the third Atlantic 21 given to the Institution by Guides, Rangers... - View image in PDF
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