LONG SERVICE FOR D CLASS IN HEAVY SURF Injured climbers rescued from foot of cliffs in heavy surf The Helmsman of Bude's inshore lifeboat, Micky Sims, has been awarded the Thanks of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution inscribed on...
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JANUARY 24TH. - MONTROSE, ANGUS.
At about 1.30 P.M. the sea began to make with the ebb tide, and soon it was breaking across the bar. The weather was cold, and a fresh E.S.E. wind was blowing. As the motor fishing boat...
After demonstration runs to sea, HRH The Duke of Kent disembarks from Soldian at LerH'ick . . . . - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Fotopress, Dundee. - View image in PDF
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(Above) Criccieth, reopened in 1953: Dedication and first launch of the 35ft 6in Liverpool Richard Silver Oliver. - View image in PDF
A D class ILB has been stationed at Criccieth since 1967.. - View image in PDF
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the Duke of Kent with Mrs Esme Hugh-Jones, chairman of Cardiff ladies' guild, and Cdr Norman Lloyd-Edwards, chairman of Cardiff branch.. - View image in PDF
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Wolverhampton branch's souvenir and publicity caravan, splendidly converted from a mobile hot dog stall, made its first appearance last May when Ken Dodd and the Mayor of Wolverhampton opened the town's Fiesta from its... - View image in PDF
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detail from a poster published after World War I showing lifeboat services to ships mined, torpedoed or wrecked as a result of the war.. - View image in PDF
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Helpers at Dungeness moving skids in position in preparation for hauling up the life-boat to its new boat house built on a shingle mound.. - View image in PDF
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Mermaid’s purses, pelican feet, hag stones – would you recognise these on the beach? Beachcomber and RNLI volunteering champion Debbie Corke gives us her tips for coastal finds
This summer, you’ll probably be spending some...
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AT Lowestoft on Saturday the 21st July, 1962, a large number of holiday- makers watched a drama take its course as a trimaran was brought safely into harbour after spending some hours in distress in full view of the...
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