ON January 26fch last there were severe gales all round the coast, and fourteen Life-boat launches took place at Mon- trose, Gourdon and Aibroath on the east coast of Scotland, at Newbiggin, Bridlington and Scarborough on the north-east...
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LAST year the Prince of Wales, as President of the Institution, issued a special appeal through the Press, for a generous response. This year he took a still more intimate part in the Day by visiting a number of depots, and personally...
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Towards the end of January, after the heaviest fall of snow for many years, the town of Fraserburgh, Aberdeensbire, was cut off by land from the rest of the world. Roads and railways were blocked; the telephone wires were down; but the sea...
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Four generations were involved in Seaview, Isle of Wight, flag day last summer. Amanda and Jeremy Millett (above), on holiday, spent four hours walking the foreshore, helped by their parents and grandparents, Mr and Mrs P. G. Wickens. Their... - View image in PDF
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THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 139 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 25 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to November 30th, 1938 - - - - 65,989 To Five Vessels in One...
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Right: New Year's Day also saw revellers taking the plunge at the annual Loony Dook in the Firth of Forth. Alice KenneCy gets a helping hand from South Queensferry lifeboat crew. - View image in PDF
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Jersey Life-Boat at Sea Off The Rocky Coast. - View image in PDF
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The sea stale during the joint service to Torridge Warrior can be judged from this photograph of the casualty under tow. When her sampsom post carried away Ilfracombe's lifeboat took up the tow from the fishing vessel's quarter posts... - View image in PDF
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(Below) David John Nelson, son of Assistant Mechanic John Buckland of Eastbourne lifeboat and his wife Joan, and horn on Trafalgar Day 1977, was christened by Father Roy Cotton using the ship's bell of the former HMS Eastbourne as font.... - View image in PDF
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Baltimore, Co. Cork - At 4 p.m. on 9th November, 1966, news was received that a member of the crew of the Spanish trawler Madre-de-Cristo had been badly injured, and it was requested that the life-boat meet the trawler at about 7 o'clock...