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NOVEMBER 18TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 3.46 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a small vessel had been blown up two miles S.S.E. from Clacton Pier. A light W.S.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. At 4 P.M....
Mrs M Donald a Member of the Mumbles Ladies' Guild Presents a Cheque for £5000 to Mrs P Morgan President of the Guild This Most Generous Cheque Had Been
Mrs M. Donald, a member of The Mumbles ladies' guild, presents a cheque for £5,000 to Mrs P. Morgan, president of the guild. This most generous cheque had been given to Mrs Donald with instructions that it should be given to her... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ramsgate: After Naming Ralph and Joy Swann Hrh the Duchess of Kent and Commander Swann (l) Embarked for a Run Out to Sea In the 44' Wa\Eney Class Lifeboat Ph
Ramsgate: After naming Ralph and Joy Swann, HRH The Duchess of Kent and Commander Swann (/.) embarked for a run out to sea in the 44' Wa eney class lifeboat.
photographs by courtesy of (left) A. E. Turner and (below) J.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Twenty-Five Years of Life-Boat Work. By Captain Basil Hall, R.N. Late Inspector of Life-Boats
IT was in February, 1895, that I first entered " the House of the Institution " in order to submit my name as a candidate for the vacancy of District Inspector of Life-boats, caused by a decision of the Committee of Manage- ment to...
Category: Articles
From Left to Right Crispin Williamson, Martin Ebdell, Joseph Purches and Richard Pearce With Hrh the Duke of Kent
From left to right Crispin Williamson, Martin Ebdell, Joseph Purches and Richard Pearce with HRH The Duke of Kent after the presentation of their awards.. - View image in PDF
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Lifeboat Services
POUNDING SEAS BREAK FISHING VESSEL IN HALF Three saved as lifeboat crew battle storm force winds and heavy seas George Duffy, second coxswain/mechanic and Ian Sheridan, deputy second coxswain/assistant mechanic of Howth's Arun class...
Category: Services
Comitas
Whitby, Runswick, Redcar and Tees- mouth, Yorkshire.—On the afternoon of the 27th October the Italian steamer Comitas, of Genoa, left the Tees to go to Hartlepool for cargo. A strong north-westerly gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea,...
Lifeboat Services
LIFEBOATMAN ALONE ABOARD PILOT BOAT PLUCKS CREW TO SAFETY IN SEVERE GALE Three rescued from tug after night collision with coaster Shane Coleman, Second Coxswain/Mechanic of the Lowestoft lifeboat has been awarded the RNLI's Bronze medal...
Category: Services
Flowers All the Way a Well Dressing at the Village of Dore (Right) and (Below) a Model Lifeboat 'Floats'' on a Rough Breaking Sea of Grey and White Plants at Brentwood
Flowers all the way . . . a well dressing at the village of Dore (right), and (below) a model lifeboat 'floats'' on a rough, breaking sea of grey and white plants at Brentwood.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Feature: 'Gallant Rescue By Ladies'
Romantic fiction often portrays Victorian women as weak, passive creatures, but the list of RNLI Gallantry Medal awardees shows another side. Nineteen women have been awarded Medals for Gallantry in the RNLi's history.
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