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• Storms brought devastation to Margate during the winter of 1978, destroying its pier and wrecking the lifeboat station. However, as a result of the research which followed to replace the lost service boards of Margate's lifeboats,...
Category: Articles
Newbiggin's New Atlantic 21 Rigid Inflatable Lifeboat
Newbiggin's new Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat was named Kirklees by Donald While on Saturday July 3. She was funded through the generous support of residents in the Kirklees Metropolitan area, Huddersfield, and among the 500 or... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Award of Medals, Gratuities, Etc
THE following is a list of the cases in which the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has voted Honorary or Pecuniary Rewards, to persons who have been instrumental in saving lives during the year 1854-5.
April 23,...
Category: Medals
AWARDS to COXSWAINS, CREW MEMBERS AND SHORE HELPERS 1992
The following Coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement. Those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations were also awarded an annuity, gratuity or pension....
Category: Awards
The Record Month by Month
1943 January . 32 76 February . 34 55 March . 33 42 April . . 23 10 May . . 32 24 June . . 29 9 July . . 27 15 August . 41 92 September . 29 42 October . 30 19 November . 49 31 December . 52 54 - - - 5 - - - 3 - - - 3 Totals . 411 469 Number...
Category: Annual Reports
RFD Company Ltd
Z-BOATS to the rescue.
Extensively used by the R.N.L.I, for inshore rescue work, the inflatable R.F.D. PB-16 Z-Boat is capable of carrying 10 people and supporting many in excess of that number. Being inherently buoyant, it...
Category: Advertisement
62 (Cyprus) Support Squadron Royal Engineers chose to support the RNLI
62 (Cyprus) Support Squadron Royal Engineers chose to support the RNLI as their charity for 1986 and collected £1,500 from various fund raising events. These included a dutch auction and a car boot sale organised by the Squadron Wives... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
About £3000 Was Raised for the Rnli By the Pro-Am Golf Tournament at Notts Golf Club May 29 Last Team to Tee Off Was Hugh Baiocchi and Duncan Lee (Left) and Dr
About £.3,000 was raised for the RNLI by the pro-am golf tournament at Notts Golf Club, May 29. Last team to tee off was Hugh Baiocchi and Duncan Lee (left) and Dr David Marsh and Henry Cooper (right).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution—continued
POHTHDINLLAEN, NORTH WALES. At ,' 11 o'clock on the night of the 6th Sept., j 1884, the coxswain of the Life-boat, took up his station at the watch-house, j so as to be in readiness should the ser-vices of the boat be required, as...
Category: Services
The American Steamer Am-Mer-Mar
JANUARY 30TH. - WALMER, KENT. The American steamer Am-Mer-Mar had gone ashore on the Goodwin Sands, but she got off without help. - Rewards, £31 17s. 6d..