IN the June, 1964, number of THE LIFE-BOAT it was stated that a delegation from the United States Coast Guard which visited Europe in 1928 had decided that the Watson cabin life-boat of the R.N.L.I. was the most suitable for their purposes...
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THE French Government has awarded its silver medal of the first class and diploma to the late leuan Bateman, who lost his life when the St. David's life-boat went to the help of the French trawler Noire Dame de Fatima on the 8th of...
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(above) Last December the 52ft Burnett Euphrosyne Kendal on temporary duty at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, rendezvoused in the Solent with Air Commodore Brian Macnamuru's yacht, Tamare, to pick up festive fare and deliver it to the Needles... - View image in PDF
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DECEMBER 17TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.
During the morning a number of fishing boats put to sea. They were overtaken by a southerly gale, with a very rough sea. Several of the boats returned, but as six were still out at one...
On the 30th January, 1860, the ship Ann Mitchell ran ashore on the Arklow bank. The Arklow life-boat proceeded to her, and found the Bristol steamer Suly lying near her, but unable to approach sufficiently near to take off her crew, the sea...
No Wreck Register having been issued this autumn by the BOARD OF TRADE, we are unable, as has been our wont for upwards of thirty years, to furnish our readers, in the November number of our Journal, with a Chart showing the wrecks and...
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LIFE-BOAT models and equipment have been exhibited at the Welsh Industries Fair, in Cardiff, and the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society's Empire Week Show in Belfast, and the Institution's exhibition of photographs has been shown at...
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Certificates of Service and Pensions.
The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, and a PENSION, have been awarded to: WILLIAM MATTHEWS, 20 years coxswain and 4 years second coxswain of the Beaumaris life-boat.
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Honorary Secretary, Cullercoats and Whitley Bay Branch THE crew of the Cullercoats life-boat and the people of Cullercoats and Whitley Bay are justly proud of their bowman, Ray Oliver. Not only is Ray a first-class officer in the boat, but...
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