The Lifeboat D class lifeboat D-479 M*Y Buili 1995 Cost £11,275 Funding Gift of Or May Road ThaCftw Helmsman Amoi Bewick tor his 'outstanding skill, calm leadership and unswerving deter mi na lion lo perform a hfesavmg service'...
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MAY 20TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
Distress signals had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £15 19s..
The last Gold Medal was awarded 16years ago, posthumously to Coxswain Trevelyn Richards of the Penlee lifeboat. The award followed the tragic loss of the 47ft Watson class lifeboat Solomon Browne, her entire crew and four survivors she had... - View image in PDF
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(below left) Time for a break - summoned by the foghorn the Portacabin soon fills up…. - View image in PDF
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The RNLI provides its volunteers with the best lifeboats, equipment and training for the job, and so it must. But sometimes, nothing is a match for the sheer ferocity of NatureWhen a lifeboat crew launch to the rescue, their own safety is...
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The distinctive colours of orange and blue flash past you as the lifeboat launches on another service - you recognise that she is an RNLI vessel, but what type? The Lifeboat brings you the definitive guide to all operational RNLI lifeboat...
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Lerwick: After standing by the listing Fred Everard all night, on her slow progress towards Lerwick through gale force winds, as the list increased, the 52' Barnett relief lifeboat Ramsay Dyce took off her chief engineer's wife and... - View image in PDF
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(Right) The mass start of a mini marathon organised by Sodbury and District branch on September 27, 1981, when £3,000 was raised for the RNLI. A total of 329 runners ran the 15-mile course and enjoyed it so much that the marathon is to... - View image in PDF
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Letters of commendation signed by the Chairman of the Committee of Management, Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., have been sent to Mr. John Parsons of Luton and Master Michael Dunn of Highbridge for rescuing a man who was cut off by...
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JANUARY 1989: Mrs Margaret Gething, president of the Hepworth & Scholes Ladies' Guild for 12 years and vice-president for two years..
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