THURSDAY, 9th Juno, 1904.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Head and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
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(Left) Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse, a 52ft Barnett lifeboat stationed at Plymouth from 1952 to 1974. For her service to Merc Enterprise an January 16, 1974, Coxswain John Dare was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry.. - View image in PDF
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JULY 5TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET. A vessel had been reported on fire five miles off St. Albans Head, but nothing could be found. News was received later that the vessel had been towed into port. She had formed part of a convoy which had been...
RICHARD ARMSTRONG Vent Grace Darling Maid and Myth A mariner by training, Mr. Armstrong presents Grace as a living girl, already a legend in her lifetime. His account of the wreck of the Forfarshire is entirely...
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Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Relief 52ft Arun: August 24 and 31 D class inflatable: September 7 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic21: August 1. 3, 11 and 12. 17, 28 (twice), October 5 and 25 (twice) Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: August 16, 24,...
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By the death of Mrs. Lallow, Honorary Secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild at West Cowes, on 8th March, the Institution has lost one of its most successful and enthusiastic honorary workers. Mrs. Lallow had been a Lifeboat worker for...
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When Seconds count * . * YOUR CREWS WILL BE THANKFUL FOR THE WISE CHOICE OF ELLIOT LIFERAFTS ELLIOT inflatable liferafts are built from the highest quality materials and are assembled with skill and precision. The closest inspection is...
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IN the last few months money has been raised for the Institution in a number of new and striking ways. A particularly welcome gift was one of £155 which came from Miss Erica Marx, of the Hand and Flower Press, Aldington, Kent. This...
Category: Donations
Islay, Inner Hebrides - At 12.25 P-mon loth May, 1966, the local doctor asked the honorary secretary if the lifeboat could be used to convey an urgent surgical case from Jura Island to Islay, as the weather was too bad for the small ferry...