FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.—Bust of His Majesty Kiso EDWARD VII. Double Legend : " Royal National Life-boat Institution.
Founded in 1824. Incorporated 1860. King Edward VII....
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On the 2nd Feb. the Life-boat on the south side, or at Mornington, was trans- ported by land to Bettystown Strand, and launched therefrom to the assistance of the schooner Wilson, of Whitehaven, which was wrecked off there during a strong...
The Life-boat John was launched at 4.40 A.M. on the 14th February, and rescued the crew of twenty-four of the s.s. Antonio, of Bilbao. The vessel had stranded on the North Rock and, when the Life- boat reached her, it was hoped that it would...
KILMORE, Co. WEXFORD.—On the 2nd January 1900 the Life-boat John Robert was launched at 1.45 A.M., rockets and guns having been fired from the Barrels Rock Light-vessel. A light S.E. wind was blowing at the time, the sea was moderate and the...
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 6.17 A.M.
on the 12th December the coastguard reported that distress flares had been seen four or five miles N.E. of Castle Hill. A moderate N.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and it was very...
The arrival of the new 52-foot Arun life-boat at St. Peter Port, Guernsey, was reported in the January issue of THE LIFE-BOAT. In this picture, which was taken by Albert McCabe, of the DAILY EXPRESS, Coxswain John Petit (centre) is shown on... - View image in PDF
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Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 4.20 p.m. on 2nd June, 1969, information was received that a yacht had capsized off Blackrock.
At 4.29 the life-boat John F. Kennedy slipped her moorings. It was low water. She came up with...
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A cheque for £350 for Walton and Hersham branch is presented by Richard Holley (centre left) to Sydney Gillingham, deputy regional organiser (South East). Around them are the members of the 1st Walton Viking Sea Scouts who had raised... - View image in PDF
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Remaining silent for an hour, a jumble sale, a raffle for a giant rabbit, 'Harvey', and a sponsored walk to Corfe Castle and back, were all ways that the children of St Mary's Church Sunday School, Swanage, raised money for their... - View image in PDF
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