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Number lifeboat, the 54ft Arun City of Bradford IV, off Spurn Point. The lifeboat, her coxswain, Brian Sevan, and his crew are the subject of a comprehensive BBC! television documentary series due to start in late Autumn. To film the seven... - View image in PDF
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A Pirate Invasion of the Trent Navigation Inn Was Part of the Pub's Lifeboat Day Which Raised £100 Here Donclarke the Event's Organiser Hands Over a Cheque for the Takings to Mr C G Pole Ca
A pirate invasion of the Trent Navigation Inn was part of the pub's lifeboat day which raised £100. Here, DonClarke, the event's organiser, hands over a cheque for the takings to Mr C. G. Pole Carew, High Sheriff of Nottingham... - View image in PDF
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Four Elder Brethren of Trinity House Visited Rnli Hq and Poole Lifeboat on December 6 With Members of Poole Crew Are (L to R) Lieut-Commander K S Pattisson Hono
Four Elder Brethren of Trinity House visited RNLI HQ and Poole lifeboat on December 6. With members of Poole crew are (I. to r.) Lieut.-Commander K. S. Pattisson, honorary secretary, Major- General Farrant, Captain 1. R. C. Sounders, Captain... - View image in PDF
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A Smashing Time! Watched By Crew Members of the Aberdeen Lifeboat
A smashing time! Watched by crew members of the Aberdeen lifeboat, Alister Yorston, district manager of United Rum Merchants and Norman Trewren, coxswain, broke open pub collection bottles for the RNLI. Aberdeen-based Watsons Rum has built... - View image in PDF
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A R Pari Huws Is Researching the History of the 32Ft Surf Lifeboat Class
A. R. Pari Huws is researching the history of the 32ft Surf Lifeboat class (see letter above) and is particularly interested in details of the unusual Hotchkiss Internal Cone propulsion system used on many of the class.
The... - View image in PDF
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A Rescue Party Waits to Take An Injured Man from Aboard the Teignmouth Lifeboat to Hospital.
A rescue party waits to take an injured man from aboard the Teignmouth lifeboat to hospital. The man had fallen down cliffs on 18 March at Ansley's Cove in Torquay and suffered a broken ankle. He was carried a further 30ft to the base of... - View image in PDF
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The Naming and Dedication Ceremony of the Relief Fleet D Class Lifeboat
The naming and dedication ceremony of the relief fleet D class lifeboat. Pictured from (left to right) are: Mike Pennell, staff officer (operations); Anthony Oliver, head of fund raising; Tony Richardson, director of the CSMA; and the... - View image in PDF
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Gang Warily Ashore After the Weather Had Moderated Coxswain Race Took the Tyne Class Lifeboat
Gang Warily ashore after the weather had moderated. Coxswain Race took the Tyne class lifeboat Owen and Ann Aisher (inset) into the surf among the rocks to snatch the skipper from his wheel house.
(Main Photo - Ron Sotheran... - View image in PDF
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Institution's Divisional Inspectors of Lifeboats By Joan Davies
A MONDAY MORNING IN JUNE, and a divisional inspector of lifeboats waits on an airfield for an early flight. An odd place, perhaps, to pick up the story of the day to day life of a DI, but then this DI's territory takes in an island and...
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This Dramatic Photograph Taken from the Bembridge Lifeboat Shows the Coastguard Helicopter
This dramatic photograph taken from the Bembridge lifeboat shows the Coastguard helicopter making a transfer from Jenny Wren south of the Isle of Wight. The rough sea conditions are very evident.. - View image in PDF
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