Obvertt.—An unlaureated head of George the Fourth; beneath, in minute letters, "W. Wyon, Mint; double legend, " Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck."—" George the Fourth, Patron,...
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OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. (Tkefgures refer to the numbers of the Life-boats detailed on pages 330-341.) Aberdovey, Merioneth, 166 Drogheda, Ireland, 264. Lizard, Cornwall, 127. Robin Hood's Bay, Yorks, 31....
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Split-second timing is needed with many manoeuvres, none more so than the emergency beaching procedure - the outboards must be raised at exactly the right moment. - View image in PDF
(Photo David Parker). - View image in PDF
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" WHAT is the Naval Reserve?" This is a question which was very frequently asked during the early part of the month of May of the present year; and, certainly, until the daily papers undertook the task of en- lightenment, the...
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St. Mary's, Stilly Islands. At 6.50 on the morning of the 2nd of June, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed by the honorary medical adviser of a message from the commanding officer of H.M. submarine Trump that the submarine was...
Barmouth, Merionethshire. At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 12th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a 35-feet yacht was aground a mile off Dyffryn on St.
Patrick's Causeway. There was a north-...
SUPPORTED 80LXLY ET VOLONTAM OOKTEIBDnOHS.
jjotaram — g Services of the Life-boats of the Institution in 1881.
Agnes, schooner, of Llanelly .... 6 Albion, schooner, of Southampton 4 Aldebaran,...
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Coxswain/Mechanic David Chant of St Davids became a shore helper and assistant winch man in 1962 before joining the crew in 1984. He was appointed coxswain/mechanic in 1988.
David was awarded a bronze medal this year in... - View image in PDF
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The Maud Smith Bequest for the outstanding act of lifesaving by a lifeboatman in 1977 has been given to Coxswain Thomas Walsh of Kilmore.
On December 24 the lifeboat under his command was capsized twice while investigating...
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ON the evening of Christmas Day the Life-boat at St. Ives was launched in response to signals from the Godrevy Lighthouse. The Boat was launched over the soft sand with considerable difficulty, some of the seventy-five launchers going into...
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