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The S.S. Wirral Bank
Margate, Kent. — On the 22nd of March, 1951, the motor vessel Teal wirelessed that she was standing by the S.S. Wirral Bank, of London, in distress fifty-two miles north-east of North Foreland, with a crew of nine.
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The Bravest Deeds of 1952
THE Maud Smith reward in memory of John, Seventh Earl of Hardwicke, for the bravest act of life-saving of the year by a life-boatman was awarded to Coxswain Douglas Kirk- aldie, of Ramsgate, for his courage on the 20th of August, 1952, in...
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Adele
At 4.20 A.M. on the 22nd August, a telephone message was received from the Gunfleet Lighthouse stating that a vessel was ashore on the sand. Rockets were fired to assemble the crew, and within thirteen minutes the Life-boat James Stevens No....
Ocean Star (1)
Valentia, and Fenit, Co. Kerry.—At 4.30 in the morning, on the 1st of August, 1950, the Valentia life-boat authorities received a telephone message from the Dingle Civic Guard. The local motor fishing vessel Ocean Star, with a crew of two,...
The New Dunbar Life-Boat Reaches Her Station
The New Dunbar Life-Boat Reaches Her Station. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Just Because a Lifeboat Has Not Reached Her New Home
Just because a lifeboat has not reached her new home and been officially put on station does not stop her being a lifeboat, as these two photographs show.
The Severn class allocated to Harwich on the east coast was taking... - View image in PDF
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From a Meeting
" I have always taken a great interest in the life-boat service. You see, I am a life-long vegetarian.".
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From Two East Londons.
On the same day the Institution received two gifts, each of two guineas, from masonic lodges. One gift had travelled a few miles, from East London, the other 6,000 miles, from East London in South Africa..
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Galway Bay. On the evening of the 21st of June, 1960, the island medical officer asked if the life-boat would take a sick child to Rossaveal on the main- land, where an ambulance was waiting to drive the child to hospital. As there was no...
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