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By the death of Dr. J. Iredale, of Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, on 8th Sep- tember last, the Institution has lost one of its oldest Honorary Secretaries. Dr.
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H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT, Presi- dent of the Institution, named the new Southend-on-Sea life-boat on the 17th of May, 1955.
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Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 12.45 on the afternoon of the 1st of December, 1954, the Commissioners of Irish Lights telephoned that a workman, who had been weather-bound in the Skelligs Rock lighthouse for a fort- night, had been taken ill and...
The No. 1 motor life-boat H.F. Bailey was launched at 4.35 P.M. on the 13th February as a message had been received from the coastguard that the s.s. Campus, of Cardiff, was ashore on Haisborough Sands. The Campus, 2,249 tons, was bound from...
May 1988 Mr Norman Cavell, honorary secretary at Walmer lifeboat station from 1958 to 1983. He was awarded binoculars in 1969 and a gold badge in 1983..
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No survivors from capsized motor boatThe capsize of a Coastguard rigid inflatable boat added a further twist to a service by Salcombe lifeboat when she was searching in heavy seas and an onshore Force 7 wind on 28 May 1995.
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(Left) 'Lifeboat Jubilee', a new rose grown by John Samiay (Roses) Ltd, will be on show at the Royal National Rose Society's Slimmer Show at the Horticultural Ha/I, I incent Square, London, SWI, on July 28 and 29.. - View image in PDF
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The crew have their photograph taken with Mrs Flo Smith and her family. - View image in PDF
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