Left to risht, Mr. George F. Shee. M.A. (Secretary of the Institution), Mrs. Sim, Second-Coxswain James Sim. - View image in PDF
of Fraserbursh, Captain Howard F. J. Rowley, C.B.E.. R.N. (Chief Inspector of Life-boats).. - View image in PDF
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Simp|e rea||y Assistant Training officer Edward Mallinson (right) runs through the radar controls with crew member Charlie Hodson.. - View image in PDF
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On the 18th De- cember, the Dutch galliot EpimacTws, of Amsterdam, was seen to be running for the shore, with a flag of distress up, 4 miles north of Berwick-on-Tweed. The life-boat at that place was at once launched, and pro- ceeding to her...
THE centenary of the life-boat station at Sennen Cove, which was estab- lished in 1853, was celebrated by a dinner held at the Land's End Hotel on the 21st of April 1953. A certifi- cate inscribed on vellum was presented by Earl Howe,...
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On the 8th August, the schooner William Wallace, of Dundalk, was observed at daylight to be stranded on James's Bank, during a strong wind from W.N.W. The life-boat Jessie Knowles put off and remained alongside until the tide rose, when...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At one o'clock in the morning of the 9th of August, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a boat appeared to be in difficulties between West Mersea and Bradwell, and at half past one the motor life-boat Edward Z....
AT 8.15 on the morning of 8th November last, the Motor Life-boat on the Humber was launched in a strong breeze, with a rough sea in answer to signals of distress, and after travelling for two hours at full speed found a steamtrawler, the...
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In disclosing that the R.N.L.I.'s temporary secondhand shop in High Street, Margate, had netted £800 in three weeks, Mrs. H. D. Ford, honorary secretary of the Margate ladies' life-boat guild, said : 'We must have over 1...
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CAPTAIN His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK, B.N., K.G., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by Capt. H.R.H. The DUKE OF YORK, E.N., KG.
Seconded by His Grace The DUKE OF NORFOLK, KG., Postmaster- General.
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THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 124 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 45 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to August 31st, 1935 64,159 A Winter Passage in a Motor Life-boat.
By Mr....
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