BY the death of Mr. William Cole, of Ilfracombe, at the age of seventy-five, in April of this year, the Institution lost a warm friend and worker and one of its oldest Honorary Secretaries. He was appointed in 1890 and held the position...
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OCTOBER 11TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS.
At 9.15 in the evening the naval authorities asked, through the coastguard, that the life-boat should go to a vessel showing signals of distress west of Papa Stour. A strong W.S.W. breeze...
George Lamey (third from r.), holder of the bronze medal, who retired as coxswain in 1955 after 26 years service at Clovelly, was presented with a statuette for collecting £3,000 in four years with a collecting box at the lookout.... - View image in PDF
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The Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable, powered with twin outboard engines and attaining a speed of 30 knots, first went on station at Hartlepool in 1972. Smaller, inflatable lifeboats were introduced into the RNLI fleet in the 1960s.. - View image in PDF
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WORTHING.—The brigantine Halcyon, of St. Nazaire, laden with slates for London, being observed to be rapidly driving ashore in a whole gale from S.S.W. and a heavy sea on the 20th July, the Life-boat Henry Harris put off at 2.45 P.M., and on...
Fonthe third year in succession Newport branch, Gwent, has raised tl ,000 at its annual cocktail party held in the Missions to Seamen on Newport Docks. At the tombola drum, Councillor Roy Morris, Mayor of Newport and president of the branch,... - View image in PDF
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TAKEN TO WEYMOUTH Weymouth, Dorset. At 3.3 a.m. on 6th September, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen two miles southwest of the look-out. There was a smooth sea with a moderate westerly breeze...
FALMOUTH. — The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently formed a life-boat establishment at this port. Although the harbour of Falmouth is of a land-locked character, yet there are occasions when disasters occur in its immediate vicinity...
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POBTMADOC, NOETH WALES.—At about 11.30 P.M., on the 6th of February, the Life-boat John Ashbury was launched, signals having been seen in the bay, during a strong S.S.W. wind and a heavy sea. She went in the direction of the light, which at...
Left - Launching of Clovelly's lifeboat arouses the interest of villagers and tourists.. - View image in PDF
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