MARCH 22ND. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW At about 8.45 A.M. information was received that the Greek steamer Mount Taurus, of Syra, was on the Arklow Bank. Another vessel was standing by her. A moderate southerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate...
Coxswain James Watkins, of Angle, Pembrokeshire, who won the silver medal in 1929 and the bronze medal in 1943, has now won the bronze medal for the second time for rescuing the crew of nine men, of South Shields, from the ex-German steamer...
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AT the annual meeting of the Committee, held on the 10th Jan., at the General Post Office, the Honorary Secretary, Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, F.R.G.S., reported that the Fund had experi- enced more than usual prosperity during the past year,...
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CARNSORE, Co. WEXFORD.—The 30-feet 6-oared Life-boat placed here some years since was found to be not powerful enough for service to vessels on the dangerous outlying rocks off this coast known as the "Tuskar," and the NATIONAL...
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The Pamir and the Margate life-boat (See page 334). - View image in PDF
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IN the last number of The Life-boat in the account of the service by the Walton and Frinton life-beat to the London barge Esterel, the date of the service was given as 4th November, 1939.
It sheuld have been 14th...
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Sir William Milliyan presenting the vellum to the Mayor.. - View image in PDF
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Sir William Priestley at the helm. On his left, Mrs. Moss Howson ; on his* right, the Lord Mayor of Bradford and the Lady Mayoress ; behind him, Mr. G. G. Stephenson. Lord Deramore is on the left of the picture, and Coxswain Cross on the... - View image in PDF
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The Life-boat and Steamer used in the Rescue Scene.. - View image in PDF
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G.L. Watson and Company were commissioned by the Institution to prepare the design of the Arun class lifeboat and the lines were the work of Mr J. Allen McLachlan of that firm. The tank tests of the model produced from these lines indicated... - View image in PDF
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