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(Right) Trevor Evans Overseer Ilb (Cowes)

Date: Autumn 1983

Volume: 48

Issue: 486

(Right) Trevor Evans, overseer ILB (Cowes) who has been concerned with the development, fitting out and maintenance of the D class inflatable lifeboat from the verv beginning.. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Eastbourne Naming Ceremony

Date: June 1969

Volume: 41

Issue: 428

The new Eastbourne life-boat Vincent Nesfield, which is a 37-foot Oakley, was named by Esmond Knight, the actor, at Eastbourne on 9th April, 1969, the boat having been provided from the proceeds of the Joyce Giddins Fund and legacies left by...

Category: Inaugurations

Fame

Date: September 1969

Volume: 41

Issue: 429

Margate, Kent - At 8.33 a.m. on 27th April, 1969, the coastguard stated that a report had been received from the m.v. Australia Star that a yacht was flying distress signals near the Mid Shingles buoy. The life-boat crew were requested to...

Martell Cognac

Date: July 1972

Volume: 42

Issue: 440

The warmest drop in the ocean • Abottleof3-star Martell brandy is carried on every lifeboat in British waters for the comfort of survivors..

Category: Advertisement

Vincente

Date: December 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 422

Life-boat 70-001. Bristol Channel - At 6.35 p.m. on the zyth July, 1967, the coxswain intercepted a message from Ilfracombe radio to the yacht Vincente which had requested assistance. The lifeboat Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service...

A Dinghy (9)

Date: December 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 422

Mallaig, Inverness-shire - At 5.25 p.m. on i6th July, 1967, a message was received that a dinghy was in difficulties in the Sound of Arisaig, off Glenuig. The life-boat E.M.M. Gordon Cubbin slipped her moorings at 5.35 in a fresh south south...

All In a Good Causeway

Date: Summer 1988

Volume: 51

Issue: 505

Dedicated lifeboat supporter Eileen Whittingham from Solihull raised more than £1,100 for the RNLI when she walked the length of the causeway to Corbiere Lighthouse on Jersey.

What made the walk so special is that... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

(Below Right) Grace Darling,

Date: Winter 1999

Volume: 57

Issue: 547

(Below right) Grace Darling, the last Liverpool class to be built tin 19541, and also on display at Chatham, shows the typical shape of a non selfrighting lifeboat of the era.. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Mrs Jill Pratt,

Date: Autumn 1996

Volume: 54

Issue: 538

Mrs Jill Pratt, former chairman of the Penwortham branch from 1974 to 1994. Mrs Pratt joined the Committee in 1965 and was presented with the silver badge in 1985..

Category: Obituaries

Watermark Success

Date: Winter 1997

Volume: 55

Issue: 539

Watermark, the Mail Order catalogue of RNLI (Sales), has some exciting news - the winner of its Christmas crossword competition and the company's record breaking sales last year.

The winner of the competition, Mrs... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs