Above right: The Lifeboat Shop earns over £30,000 a year for Dublin branch. Its main trade is in second hand clothes which are donated by the bundle. They are sorted, put on display and sold by a dedicated band of volunteer ladies who... - View image in PDF
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Trevor England joined Padstow lifeboat crew in 1957, he became second coxswain/assistant motor mechanic in 1970 and was appointed coxswain in 1978. In 1977 he was awarded the silver medal and in 1979 a bar to his silver medal.. - View image in PDF
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MUTUAL AID OFF PORTLAND FOLLOWING the sighting at about 10 p.m. on 4th February, 1972, by the gas tanker Methane Princess of a small vessel firing distress flares off Portland Bill, the Weymouth, Dorset, life-boat was prepared for launching....
Below: The crew prepare for the opening. - View image in PDF
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IN April 1959 H.M. the Queen appointed the Duke of Northumberland, who is the Treasurer of the Institution, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter..
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On the 12th December, 1858, the French lugger Louise Amelie got embayed and was driven on shore near Newcastle in a heavy gale from S.S.E.- The life-boat belonging to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, sta- tioned at Newcastle, was...
NOVEMBER 28TH. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE. At seven in the morning the Staithes fishing fleet put to sea in moderate weather, but by ten o’clock a gale was blowing, with a very rough sea, and at 10.15 the motor life-boat Robert Patton - The...
The 'Boat Crew' Cross The Finish Line. - View image in PDF
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H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT, LIEUT. DRURY, R.N. - View image in PDF
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For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) IN 1824.—SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS
PATRONESS.
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN...
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