A winter sponsored raft race on the River Dee organised by the Aberdeen Branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club raised £380 for Aberdeen's new Arun lifeboat BP Forties. The 27 starters were sent on their way by Coxswain Albert Bird, who... - View image in PDF
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When our brave volunteer crews answer the call for help, they don’t know what they’ll be facing. Huge waves, storms, darkness ... They need to be prepared for anything.
Having the right kit can be the difference between...
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to -voluntary zvorkers at the 1998 Annual Presentation of Awards Since the last Annual Presentation of Awards Meeting, the Committee of Management has awarded three Honorary Life Governorships, 10 Bars to the Gold Badge and 50 Gold Badges....
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THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 124 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 45 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to November 30th, 1935 - ... 64,350 The Woods of which a Life-boat is...
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Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.50 on theafternoon of the 27th of May, 1956, the coastguard telephoned to say that the schooner Lora, of East Mersea, had had some of her sails carried away and was drifting east-by-south of Clacton Pier. At 3.2...
While many lifeboats lie afloat in harbours, primed to head straight out to sea, others sit in boathouses on the shore. So, what – and who – is involved when it comes to getting an all-weather craft to sea in an...
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Thursday, 3rd December, 1863. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.K.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
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JUNE 27TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. At 12.27 P.M. a message was received from the Sandgate coastguard that a Hurricane fighter aeroplane had come down in the sea about six miles S.S.W. of Dungeness. A light westerly breeze was blowing and the sea...
IN the course of a year the R.N.L.I. receives hundreds of letters and drawings from children in praise of the life-boat service. Quite a few of the writers send donations to the Institution, and from time to time extracts from their letters...
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