A telephone message was received at 5.40 A.M. on the 30th November, stating that a vessel was making flares to the south of Collieston. The crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 19 were promptly assembled and the boat proceeded...
dinghy. The island of Craigleith (locally known as 'The Craig') can be seen in the background. Having checked that all is well with the dinghy for the good-natured (and very wet) Ted Hill to resume his sailing, Blue Peter III returns... - View image in PDF
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Flag days . . . George Price, DOS (East), at Harwich with coxswain and crew, the chairman and honorary secretary of the branch and a group of girl flag sellers who work at a local clothing factory belonging to the branch president, T. M. F.... - View image in PDF
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The author wearing RNLI visor and helmet in the working section of the wind tunnel.
During these tests, with wind and spray travelling at 50 knots and the ambient temperature down near freezing, conditions were unpleasant... - View image in PDF
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In June a Spanish life-boat delegation, led by the Conde de Toreno, president of the Spanish Red Cross Society, visited England. Here the party is pictured at Life-boat House, London, with (left to right) Captain Nigel Dixon, Secretary of... - View image in PDF
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During the International Boat Show at Earls Court, University Marine Ltd., in co-operation with the R.N.L.I. Depot, put on this inshore life-boat display outside the London International Hotel, Kensington.
Evinrude... - View image in PDF
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Aerial picture of Spurn Head lifeboat station taken at 9.30 a.m. on May 25, 1951. The old and new lighthouses are visible together with an assortment of World War I and II military installations.
Just below the lighthouses... - View image in PDF
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A lifeboat queen . ..: 16-year-old Jane Wilson was crowned by Ronnie Hilton at Flamborough ladies' guild gala in July. With her are three of her attendants, Pat Wilkinson and Bridget and Andrea Waud; the fourth attendant, Stephanie... - View image in PDF
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A new experimental life-boat with a glass-reinforced plastic hull and deck— she is 40-foot long-was on 15th January, 1969, on view tothe press at Newhaven, Sussex. Here the boat, which has a maximum speed of 19 knots and cruising speed of 17... - View image in PDF
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A fine action study of an IRB from Atlantic College, St. Donat's Castle, Glamorgan, and (left) Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands chatting with IRB crews during a visit to the College last year.. - View image in PDF
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