COVER PICTURE by Richard Price The first Atlantic 75, Susan Peacock, shows her paces in the Solent before going to Poole for Open Days in July, She was accompanied by the first Atlantic 21, brought out of retirement for the event, and the... - View image in PDF
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November 1996 Colonel Kenneth L. C. Wright MBE TD, former chairman of the Portishead branch. Ken joined the branch in March 1976, serving as chairman until October 1976 but remained an active member of the committee until his death. He was...
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while (left) Jon Jones. The Lifeboats Editorial Assistant dispenses ballooons between stints on the Information and Storm Force desks. Jon took a lot of the pictures on this page too, but he doesn't get a 'credit' as he works for... - View image in PDF
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Last October over 400 guests and a targe crowd assembled for a unique triple ceremony at Fowey lifeboat station - the opening of the new boathouse and the naming of the station's new Trent and D class lifeboats.. - View image in PDF
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Skill and determination end 11-day ordealBeeps from several pagers interrupted Sunday mass in Courtmacsherry early on 1 December 2002. With a violent storm blowing outside the church the congregation and crew knew Lives could be in danger...
Coxswain/Asst. Mechanic Brian Patten.
Achill Island Received the Silver Medal (or u service to a fishing vessel in atrocious weather conditions, "...he pushed the lifeboat lo her limit m ihe hea y sea.' See the... - View image in PDF
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Roger Tomkins from Norwich has become the 30,000th person to join the RNLI's membership grade for sea users. Offshore. To mark the occasion, marketing manager David Brann presented a delighted Roger, accompanied by Sarah Shadbolt, with a... - View image in PDF
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Thirteen Medals for Gallantry RHOSNEIGIR, ANGLESEY On the 28th August, 1941, determined efforts were made to rescue the crew of a British aeroplane which had crashed in the sea.
MR. DERRICK H. BAYNHAM was awarded the silver...
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JUNE 22ND. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
The life-boat had put out at the request of the naval authorities to bring ashore an injured man from one of H.M. ships, and a doctor who had been put aboard by seaplane, but the ship could...
NOVEMBER 4TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
The life-boat went out to help in an attempt to salve a steamer which had been stranded since 1939. On the 20th of October she had gone out for the same purpose. The operaions were again...