Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk - At 10.20 p.m. on 3151 August, 1966, a doctor was urgently required aboard the m.v. Hudson Strait, making for Yarmouth Roads. There was a light north west by westerly breeze with a slight sea. At n.8,...
Swanage, Dorset - At 1.19 p.m. on 2ist June, 1967, information was received that a cabin cruiser had broken down one mile south of Hopelake and that the crew of two were signalling for assistance. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at 1.26 in...
Selsey, Sussex. At 7 a.m. on 2ist August, 1965, a yacht was seen burning flares off Hayling. At 7.22 the life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched. A gale* was blowing from the south-west, thesea was very rough and the tide was; ebbing. The...
THE SCOTTISH LIFE-BOAT COUNCIL is producing a new magazine, The Scottish Life-boat, in June, 1967. The new magazine, which will appear annually, will have a wide range and cover all aspects of the work of the Institution in Scotland, with a...
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(Above) Crew members celebrate in traditional style after the naming ceremony of the Trent class Esme Anderson.. - View image in PDF
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Minehead's new Atlantic 75 Bessie waits outside the boathouse during the naming ceremony on 11 June 1995. Photo Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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. . . and (below) Chelsea Pensioner, Bert Spurdin, who collected well over £1,000 for the RNLI during the show.. - View image in PDF
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Lizzie Porter is typical of the many pulling and sailing lifeboats which formed the bulk of the RNLI fleet in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. George Cromarty, her coxswain at Holy Island, was twice awarded the RNLI Silver... - View image in PDF
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Left: Stuart Weiford in 1977, wearing RNLI visor and helmet in the working section of the wind tunnel. - View image in PDF
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Leesa Espley from Hunstanton is the fi rst woman in the RNLI to get a hovercraft licence. Photo: Simon Barber. - View image in PDF
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