BRIGHSTONE GRANGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.
—The Life-boat stationed here by the Institution many years ago has been replaced by a new one named the Brothers Brickwood, the cost of which was generously bequeathed to the Institution...
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Mudeford, Hampshire. At 4.10 p.m.
a 8th November, 1964, two boys in- >rmed a member of the inshore rescue oat crew that a speedboat was in diffiulty off Hengistbury Head. At 4.15 the ishore rescue boat launched in a...
Mike Eacott, licensee of the Crown Hotel, North Scale, Barrow-in-Furness, his barmaid and 12 'regulars', determined to do something special for Barrow lifeboat, took lessons in parachute jumping, then raised £1,800 in... - View image in PDF
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Penlee's first motor lifeboat (1922 to 1931) wax a 45ft Watson, The Brothers. She still carried auxiliary sails. - View image in PDF
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The Silvia Onorato at High Tide; Broken In Two. - View image in PDF
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The stern lift on Trinity House pilot vessel Patrol.. - View image in PDF
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There was no way of mistaking for which cause this Brighton sponsored walk was organised. A scaled-down replica of a pulling lifeboat was hauled along the route by some of the walkers.
Their long, hard pull brought a haul... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Walter Pestell, of Palling, Norfolk, who died on 25th February, at the age of eighty-five, joined the Palling Life-boat Crew at the age of eighteen.
Six years later, in 1870, he was appointed Coxswain, and served...
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The Mercedes-Benz drawbar complete with trailer, at Poole's depot quay, dwarfs the Trent class lifeboat in the background with its exceptional span.. - View image in PDF
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