ROSSLARE HARBOUR, co. WEXFORD.— During a moderate E.S.E. gale on the 1st January signals of distress were observed at 9.30 A.M. on a schooner lying at anchor in Rosslare Bay. The crew of the Life-boat Tom and Jennie were assembled, and in a...
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ings to the RNLI, his Christmas cards proving particularly popular (350,000 mantelpieces must have been the brighter for them last Christmas); Alan Jones, Secretary and Exhibition Organiser of National Boat Shows, who has consistently given...
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Contents Volume XLIV Number 455 Notes of the Quarter, by The Editor Henry Blogg Centenary Exhibition Lifeboat Services International Boat Show ...
Major-General R. H. Farrant, CB, Chairman of the Institution 111 112 113 119...
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LIFE-BOATS SMOTHERED IN OIL Stromnest, and Longbope, Orkneys.— At 7.34 in the morning of the 24th of August, 1947, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned to the Stromness life-boat station that the Norwegian tanker Gundine, of Arendal, was...
ON page 100 there is reproduced a set of nine poster stamps, which repre- sents in brief pictorial form the history Of the Life-boat Service of Great Britain. These stamps are not for use on letters through the post but as a Commemorative...
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branch, unveiled a commemorative plaque recording that the ILB had been funded from a special RNLI 150th anniversary appeal organised by Truro. Standing with Mrs Jenkins is the honorary secretary of Bude ILB station branch, Mr S. W. Whateley... - View image in PDF
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Zodiac Mark V ballast tanks attached to underside of floor.
They are shaped to fit beam and depth of the ILB's bottom. Sea water from a single scoop passes to the neoprene feeder pipes, which will lie on either side of... - View image in PDF
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The Story of the Weston-Super- Mare Lifeboats The Story of the Eastbourne Lifeboats Written and published by Jeff Morris Two more in the series of detailed 'station history' booklets written and produced by Jeff Morris - with Dave...
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A Bronze-Medal Service at Torbay.
EARLY in the morning of 23rd January the 4,000-ton steamer English Trader, of London, ran ashore on Checkstone Ledge, at the entrance to Dartmouth harbour, owing to the temporary failure...
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The Royal Air Force and The Life-Boat Service Entertain One Another. - View image in PDF
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