Eastbourne, Sussex - At 9.42 p.m. on 3 ist July, 1967 it was learnt that the Beachy Head lighthouse keeper had reported flares half a mile south east of the station. The life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched at 10 o'clock in a smooth...
Ramsgate, Kent. — At C.25 in the evening of the 23rd of April, 1952, the shore attendant on the East Pier reported a ship aground near the Quern Buoy on the Brake Sands, and at 6.39 the life-boat Prudential left her moorings in a smooth sea....
The E.S.E. gale of the 30th and 31st January caused several disasters in the vicinity of Ramsgate, and the Life-boat Charles and Susanna Stephens had not returned very long from a fruitless journey when she was called out again.
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Turning back the clock', Guide of Dunkirk dressed overall after 'her naming at Cadgwith, Cornwall, on June 14, 1947. During her years of service she launched 15 times and saved 17 lives.
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During the 'open day' arranged by the Port of Liverpool branch in aid of the R.N.L.I., an interesting demonstration was given in which a model life-boat aided a model trawler on the boating lake at Hoylake.
The...
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BBIXHAM, SOUTH DEVON.—Bockets were seen and signal guns heard during a S.E.
wind and a very heavy sea on the evening of Sunday the 6th December. The Lifeboat Brian Sates was launched at about 7 o'clock, pulled round...
The £20,000 Faberge-style egg has finally found a home with the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights in London. It is especially appropriate as the egg contains a model of the City of London.. - View image in PDF
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THIS year the Institution will for the first time have a choice of two Christ- mas cards for sale, in addition to pocket calendars.
One card is a reproduction of a painting by David Cobb, R.O.I., S.M.A., which depicts the...
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Bed port fires having been observed on the outside part of the Middle Scroby Sand, while a moderate gale was blowing from the N. accompanied by a heavy sea, on the 4th July, the crew of the Lifeboat Beanehamp were summoned and at 3.5 A.M....
One of Littleover and Michelover branch's most dedicated, and certainly quietest, fund raisers retired from active service recently.
George (r) is no dummy when it comes to collecting money, having raised over £40... - View image in PDF
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