THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 280 Life-boat Stations...
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THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 281 Life-boat Stations...
Category: Articles
HARWICH.—Kockets were fired by the Cork and Sank light-vessels on the morning of the 17th January while snow was falling and the wind was blowing in squalls from the S. accompanied by a moderate sea. The Life-boat Springwell was launched at...
Margate, Kent. At 11.25 on the morning of the 15th of April, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was ashore near the South Margate buoy and needed help. At 11.38 the life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No....
LIFE-BOAT BRINGS EXPECTANT MOTHER TO HOSPITAL Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 11.30 on the morning of the 8th February, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that as a result of an exceptional blizzard in Kintyre every road was...
The Princess of WSife* life-boat at Holyhead saved 34 persons fewft the ship Lydia Williams, of Liverpool, whjoh. tank on Salt Island; 12 persons from the bamj/jr Bayadere, of Rouen: and 7 persons from, WJ.
schooner...
Captain Harold G. Innes, R.N. (Ret.), died at Cromarty on 4th March, 1966.
He was a former District Inspector of Life-boats, RNLI, for the old Western and Southern Districts. He retired in 1929..
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Tfnnent Caledonian Girl June Lake, Dr Robert G'rav, Coxswain Ian Johnson and Mr Ken Mills, director of Tennent Caledonian at the cheaue presentation during October s ceremony.
photograph by courtesy of James P... - View image in PDF
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(Left) With Coxswain Malcolm MacDonald at her helm, the 52ft Arun, Sir Max Aitken II demonstrates her handling to Princess Alexandra and other guests in Cowes Harbour. - View image in PDF
photographs by Colin Watson. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
JULY 19TH. - DUNBAR. EAST LOTHIAN.
A steamer had stranded on the South Carr Rock in a fog, but she got off at high water and went on her. way.-Rewards, £5 10s..