When Dr Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his wife paid an informal visit to Whitstable ILB station on July 27, they went out in the Atlantic 21 and His Grace took the wheel.
Since the founding of the Institution... - View image in PDF
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1. With helmet perched in place, one young Storm Forcer tries to 'Beat the Clock'. Photo Robin Sharp. - View image in PDF
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RNLI Director, Andrew Freemantle, is taking part in the Flora London Marathon on 18 April to raise funds for the lifeboats.. - View image in PDF
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Guy and Clare Hunter, Sti Mary's 46ft 9in Watson lifeboat, on service during ike Fustnet storm. photograph by courtesy of RNAS Culdrose. - View image in PDF
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Aerial view of a 52' Barnett ? No, a close-up detail of a working model made by R.
Sellwood of Reading and District branch. It took 3,000 hours to build and is used to raise funds, both at shows and in the Reading... - View image in PDF
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. . . To keep pace with the racing boys, a running commentary from Michael Bentine, who, like many other well-known personalities, gave wonderful support to the RNL1 in 'The Year of the Lifeboat'.. - View image in PDF
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THE Institution has received a gift of £l 6s. from H.M.S. Stork, stationed at Penang, the result of a collection made among the ship's company in memory of the ship's cat, Tiger, which was lost overboard at sea..
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Twenty-four life-boatmen, from Walton-on-tlae-Naze, Clacton, Margate, Ramsgate, Walmer and Hastings, marched with the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy in the Victory March on June 8th. The life-boats of these six stations rescued 839 lives...
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS We regret that we are unable to include notices of forthcoming events in THE LIFEBOAT as the number involved would soon swamp the journal. We endeavour to report as many fundraising events as possible after they have taken...
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IT was the 8th of August in Porth- dinllaen. Mr. Jones and his two nephews had gone sailing in their small auxiliary yacht Waterbell; but when they did not return by half-past eight, Mrs. Jones became worried.
At 8.50 p.m....
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