HRH Princess Michael of Kent boards Eastbourne's new Mersey class lifeboat Royal Thames after the naming ceremony. The Princess then took a trip afloat aboard the lifeboat. Photo Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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HRH The Duke of York made a brief visit to Penarth lifeboat station in March.
Having been introduced to civic dignitaries, Raymond Cory CBE, vice-president of the RNLI presented station officials and introduced HRH to... - View image in PDF
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HRH Prince Philip viewed the lifeboat collection in Chatham while visiting the Historic Dockyard in early 1995. The lifeboats had only recently arrived and were stored on a shingle base with simple information boards.. - View image in PDF
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. . . to a lifeboat Torbay's inshore lifeboat was called out to pluck the girl from the rocks and take her across the bay to Haldon Pier.. - View image in PDF
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Main photo {far left) Ref: 639489 Detailed photo (left) ftef 639472 Yarmouth, on the Isle of Wight, lies beside a harbour set in the estuary of the River Yar and is home to the busy Lymington- Isle of Wight ferry... - View image in PDF
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DEC. 21ST. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
the coastguard telephoned the coxswain shortly after 5 P.M., reporting that distress sound signals could be heard. A light S.E.
wind was blowing, with a heavy swell, and...
APRIL 14TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 6 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a trawler would arrive shortly, with injured men on board to be landed, and at 6.50 P.M. two appeared, H.M. Trawlers Madden and Tamora. A moderate N.W....
MARCH 29TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
The naval authorities had asked for the life-boat’s help in salving a small vessel, but the help was not needed.- Rewards, £6 19s..
JUNE 5TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had come down in the sea and was on fire, but an air-sea rescue boat passed the life-boat on the way.- Rewards. £3 3s. 6d..
OCTOBER 7TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 5.35 in the morning the coastguard reported red flares at Goodwin Knoll. A moderate north-north-east breeze was blowing, but the sea was heavy. The motor life-boat Prudential was launched at 6.3 and found...