News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat Services A variety of services from around the country The Annual Meetings '99 The Chairman reports on a very successful year and the nationwide launch of SEA Check, plus...
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DECEMBER 6TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 9.15 A.M. the Mersey Docks Board reported a steamer drifting in the Queens Channel, but not in need of help at that time. A heavy westerly gale was blowing, with a wild and confused sea, and the...
THE adventures of life-boats after they pass out of the service have, from time to time, been recorded in this journal.1 Some go far afield. One became a launch on a South African river. An- other, a steam life-boat, was sent some years ago...
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Simon Boutwood, aged 2±, is watched by Harrow Sea Cadets Stuart Payne and Terry Dormer as he clings to the model lighthouse advertising the R.N.L.I.
morning market at Stanmore.
The child's... - View image in PDF
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THE EARL PERCY M.P., IN THE CHAIR.
1.—Moved by the CHAIRMAN :— 1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the Officers of the Institution for the current year :—(vide next page for this list.) 2.—Moved by GEORGE LYALL...
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Coxswains all: Left to right, aboard the Watson cabin motor lifeboat Civil Service No. 5, Hugh Nelson, coxswain from 1949 to 1954, Andrew White, coxswain from 1917 to 1949, and Alexander Nelson, coxswain from 1954 to 1960. The photograph was... - View image in PDF
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Boat Show benefits! There will be plenty to see for RNLI supporters at the 2006 London Boat Show, which includes a day dedicated to the RNLI The show runs from 6-15 January 2006 at the ExCel exhibition centre in Docklands and the RNLI is...
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(See Diagramson opposite page.) The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the...
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FOR 1886.
His GRACE THE DUKE OF ABERCORN, O.B., IN THE CHAIR.
1. That the Report now read be adopted, printed and circulated.
Moved by The Most Hon. The MARQUIS OF RIPON,...
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THE MOST HONORABLE THE MARQUIS OP HARTINGTON, M.P., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by The Most Hon. The generously given to the Service by the Local Honorary Secretaries, Treasurers and Committees.
Seconded by The...
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