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Big Cat
Trawler driven ashore in Force 9 southerly gale and 30ft seas Valentia - Ireland Division Valentia's Arun class lifeboat Margaret Frances Love was involved in a major incident on 13 January 1989 when the large, Brixham-registered trawler...
The Lady Louisa
RHYL.—A steamer was observed flying signals of distress about three miles N.N.E. of Rhyl pier, in a strong W.N.W.
breeze and a heavy sea at 5 P.M. on the 5th February. The Life-boat Jane Martin put off to her assistance...
Profiles of Lifeboats in the RNLI Fleet
Profiles of Lifeboats in the RNLI Fleet 52ft and 54ft Arun 15ft 6in D class and 17ft 6in C class inflatable ° Atlantic 21 52ft Barnett 50ft Thames 33ft Brede 48ft 6in Solent 37ft Oakley 48ft 6in Oakley 37tt 6in Bother 47ft Tyne 44ft...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Days In 1947
IN 1947 the Institution held 817 flag days. The number of people who gave was 7,545,000, and the sum given was £93,503..
Category: Donations
The Life-Belts In Use By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Institution
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life- belt are— 1. Sufficient extra-buoyancy to support a roan heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides himself.
Category: Articles
Classifieds
GIFTS RNLI Videos Lifeboats • 24/7 £8.00" The story of the RNLI with rescue reconstructions I Building support far lifeboats £8.00* Constructing the lifeboat shore facilities J Five minutes with the RNLI plus f/ Saved by a...
Category: Advertisement
Services of the Life-Boats In July, August and September, 1957. 264 Lives Rescued
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Category: Services
Boy Bill
Margate, Kent.—At 12.55 in the after- noon of the 6th of June, 1948, the coast- guard reported that a rowing boat, the Boy Bill, of Westgate, with one man on board, was drifting seawards one and a half miles to the north-west, and the motor...
Life-Boat Days In 1934
LAST year there was again an increase in the number of branches which held life-boat days, in the number of people who contributed and in the amount collected.
The number of branches holding days was|732, one more than in...
Category: Correspondence
Out of the Blue:
Out of the blue: the Prime Minister paid a visit to Porlhcawl lifeboat station when she was in South Wales last June. I he crew presented her with a plat/lie and while she was being shown their lf ft I) class inflatable she tried her hand at... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs