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Royal National Life-Boat Institution

Date: May 1902

Volume: 18

Issue: 204

(Supported solely by Voluntary Contributions.) ITS OBJECT AND WORK.

The work of the Institution mainly consists of— 1. Building, equipping and maintaining Life-boats, transporting carriages, boathouses and slipways,...

Category: Advertisement

An Ex-Naval Motor Launch

Date: June 1947

Volume: 32

Issue: 342

LAUNCH BROKEN DOWN IN A HEAVY SEA Lowestoft, Suffolk. — At 4.0 in the afternoon of January 15th, 1947, the coastguard reported that a vessel, believed to be an ex-naval motor launch, was drifting five miles south of the coastguard...

Helmsman; Crew

Date: Summer 1981

Volume: 47

Issue: 477

helmsman; Crew Members John Ashford, Brian Gaunter and Derek Winning were taken ashore together with a bucket stretcher (itself on trial) and an Ashford first aid pack. The best ledge from which to embark the boy was 35ft above the sea, but... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Trident

Date: September 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 417

Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - At 8.48 p.m. on 9th May, 1966 it was reported that a flashing light had been seen about four miles south of the harbour.

The life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant launched at 8.54 in a moderate...

Ideal Home Exhibition

Date: Spring 1979

Volume: 46

Issue: 468

EARL'S COURT LONDON, MARCH 6-31 FOR THE FIRST TIME, the RNL1 had a stand at the Ideal Home Exhibition this year. Modest in size, and situated on the balcony floor, it was a market stall, colourful with souvenirs and Shoreline display....

Category: Articles

Jane Isabella

Date: November 1890

Volume: 14

Issue: 158

NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND. — The Robert and Susan Life-boat was launched on the 30th of June to the assistance of the coble Jane Isabella, which had gone to the fishing ground with four other boats and had been overtaken by a gale from the E...

Ofelia

Date: June 1962

Volume: 37

Issue: 400

CREW OF SWEDISH VESSEL LANDED Stornoway, Hebrides. At 3.20 on the morning of the 30th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a Swedish vessel was ashore on Fladdachuain Island three miles west of Trodday Island....

Chong Peng

Date: Winter 1974

Volume: 43

Issue: 447

Combined Operation THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Appledore, North Devon, was informed at 3.26 a.m., on Wednesday, September 19, 1973, that a yacht was in distress 28 miles to the west of the lifeboat station.

The...

Silanion

Date: September 1933

Volume: 29

Issue: 315

Longhope, Orkney, and Thurso, Caith- ness-shire.—The Longhope motor life- boat Thomas McCunn was launched at 11.30 P.M., and the Thurso motor life-boat H.C.J. at 11 P.M., on the 25th February, as news had been received from the coastguard...

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Date: 1941

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1941

SEPTEMBER 21ST. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.

At 12 noon a message was received from the R.A.F. Observer Corps at Squires Gate that an R.A.F. pilot who was on patrol had reported a parachute down in the sea about three miles...