Launching The Scarborough Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
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The Life-Boat Rights Herself. - View image in PDF
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DECEMBER 9TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
About eight at night some of the life-boatmen saw a ship signal SOS by morse and fire a rocket, and at the same time the coastguard reported a vessel in distress about six miles...
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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OCTOBER 24TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
At 9.15 in the morning, the coastguard reported that the local motor fishing coble Jean and Barbara was at sea and anxiety was felt for her. A south-south-east gale was blowing, increasing...
This life-boat is one of the light self-righting type, 35 feet 6 inches by 8 feet 10 inches.. - View image in PDF
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Your Letters Continued Figurehead history Sir - During the early years of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's existence, hundreds, if not thousands, of sailing ships were lost around the coast of the United Kingdom and many daring...
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