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AUGUST 23RD. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. Rockets, probably from warships, had been reported, but no vessel in need of help could be found. - Rewards, £9 11s..
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OCTOBER 5TH. - ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE, AND DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN.
An R.A.F. aeroplane had crashed several miles inland. One of the crew was killed, but the other had baled out. He was carried to the coast and came down in...
Lifeboats Will Always Launch
Lifeboats will always launch, whatever the weather, but one way of reducing the calls on the service is to identify the reasons for distress calls and to work towards preventing those circumstances from occurring in the first place. This is... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Marion Winstone
SEPTEMBER 1991 Mrs Marion Winstone, donor of the Ballycotton and Fishguard Arun class lifeboatsHyman Winstone and Marie Winstone respectively..
Category: Obituaries
Arun
The Arun class was the RNLI's first UK-designed 'fast' lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The New Dover Motor Life-Boat. Inaugural Ceremony By the Prince of Wales, K.G.
Inaugural Ceremony by the Prince of Wales, K.G.
THE PRINCE or WALES, as President of the Institution, on 10th July named the new Dover Motor Life-boat Sir William Hillary, after the founder of the Institu- tion.
Category: Inaugurations
Lifeboats from Some of the Participating Nations Rafted Up In the Oslo Fiord
Lifeboats from some of the participating nations rafted up in the Oslo fiord. The RNLI's Arun class Duke olAtholl is second from the left, and on the extreme right is one of the classic Norwegian Colin Archer-designed sailing lifeboats -... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
S Rose & Co
PEOPLE WHO LOOK AHEAD USE PURPOSE DESIGNED BINOCULARS...
the 'Skipper' by Swift 7x50 7x50 This is the basic naval binocular with the centre focus added for your convenience. It's a big rugged workhorse of a...
Category: Advertisement
The Phoenix 121
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
At 12.45 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that the phoenix 121, one of the concrete caissons used for building the invasion port on the coast of Normandy, to which the life-boat had...
The Motor Fleet
THE review of the Institution's Motor Fleet, which it is usual to make at this time of the year, reveals the fact that we are feeling our way slowly, but surely, in the use of Life-boats installed with motor power. Ten years ago there...
Category: Articles