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October

Date: 1945

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1945

Launches 50 Lives rescued 116 OCTOBER 1ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At noon the Gorleston coastguard reported a drifter on Scroby Sands, flying a distress signal. A light north-westerly breeze was blowing, with a swell. The...

Category: Services

In Brilliant Sunshine Dunbar Lifeboat

Date: Summer 1982

Volume: 48

Issue: 481

In brilliant sunshine, Dunbar lifeboat fete, held at the harbour on Saturday July 24, raised more than £6,700—a marvellous result exceeding the 1981 total by about £1,000. The Lifeboat Queen, Margaret-Ann Brunton, accompanied by... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Home Base

Date: Autumn 1988

Volume: 51

Issue: 506

Lifeboats less then 10 metres long (C and D class inflatables and 21 ft Atlantic rigid inflatables) now carry out more than 55 per cent of all the RNLI's service calls, and with more than 135 boats of these classes now on station, and a...

Category: Articles

Fishing Boats

Date: February 1927

Volume: 26

Issue: 289

The Women of Newbiggin.

Award of the Thanks of the institution Inscribed on Vellum.

ON the morning of January 26th, the whole of the Newbiggin fishing fleet had gone out in fine weather, but while they...

Mrs Maggie May (Pinnie) Howells MBE

Date: Winter 1996

Volume: 54

Issue: 535

November 1995 Mrs Maggie May (Pinnie) Howells MBE, a founder member of Tenby ladies' lifeboat guild. In 1939 she was chairman of the guild and later president from 1975 to 1994. Mrs Howells was awarded a statuette in 1987 and received a...

Category: Obituaries

A Launching Accident

Date: October 1937

Volume: 30

Issue: 331

ON 10th June the motor life-boat at Port St. Mary, Isle of-Man, was launched on exercise at low 'water. The life- boat and carriage had been lowered down the slipway to the limit of the wire, and chocks had been placed under the wheels,...

Category: Articles

Cover Picture

Date: Summer 1992

Volume: 52

Issue: 521

by Paul Ferraby The Institution's fundraisers take advantage of the glorious June weather to display their wares against the backdrop of Swanage Bay and the town's new Mersey class lifeboat Robert Charles... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Life-Boat Crew at Buckingham Palace

Date: December 1961

Volume: 36

Issue: 398

H.M. the Queen invested each of the five members of the crew of the Moelfre life-boat who took part in the rescue from the coaster Hindlea on the 27th October, 1959, with the silver medal for gallantry in saving life at sea at Bucking- ham...

Category: Medals

The French Motor Vessel St. Barbe

Date: March 1937

Volume: 30

Issue: 329

Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—13th October. The French motor vessel St.

Barbe, of Treguier, signalled for medical aid, but it was found that she wanted pilot.—Rewards, £7 15s. 6d..

Chemring Plc

Date: Summer 1983

Volume: 48

Issue: 485

The Chemring SC4 Radar Corner Reflector Developed in conjunction with the RNLI and adopted by RNLI exclusively (Stores ref D1/3016) for use on their high performance Lifeboats in both inshore and offshore waters.

Royal...

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