MANY of our readers will have learned by the newspapers that for some time past discontent has existed amongst our merchant seamen, chiefly on the ground of their being liable to imprisonment for re- fusing, after signing articles, to...
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AFFINITY WITH The RoVal Bank 7M of Scotland pic DO YOU USE A CREDIT CARD? If you do, or you are considering re-arranging your finances in any way you could be helping directly to fund the RNLI with every transaction you...
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A FFINIT V WITH AFFINITY WITH DO YOU USE A CREDIT CARD? If you do, or you are considering re-arranging your finances in any way you could be helping directly to fund the RNLI with every transaction you make.
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THE following regulations are intended for guidance of the Local Committee to be formed at each place at which a life-boat is stationed by the National Shipwreck Insti- tution, and to whose care and control the life-boat, her crew, and...
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Mrs Leetnan was one of many helpers who between them collected £3,500 during Belfast lifeboat day on April 25, a remarkable increase of £1,000 on last year. It was Mrs Leematfs 85th birthday.. - View image in PDF
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When the Mayor of Poole, Councillor J. M. Norman, performed the opening ceremony of the RNLI depot at Poole on May 27, the Institution was also entertaining visitors from La Societe Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer. (I. to r.) John Atterton,... - View image in PDF
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Two calls IN GALE AND STORM force winds, Torbay lifeboat, the 54ft Arun Edward Bridges (Civil Service No. 37) was launched on service twice on Friday November 14, 1980. The first call came from Brixham Coastguard at 1045: the crabbing...
It may be hard to believe, but the same self-righting principle applies to these two lifeboats, separated by more than 125 years of development. The sails and oars may have given way to turbocharged diesels, but the raised fore-and-aft boxes... - View image in PDF
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