Above. Loading the RNLI's Mercedes road train'. Driver George Dadson demonstrates how an Atlantic 21 can be loaded single-handed with the hydraulic crane.. - View image in PDF
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At 10.50 P.M. on the 16th February information was received that a ship close to the end of the breakwater was making signals of distress. The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was promptly dis- patched to her assistance and found the...
TOW BY LIFE-BOAT ON PASSAGE Life-boat on passage. On the 13th July, 1962, the reserve life-boat Richard Silver Oliver was on passage from Kirkcudbright to Portpatrick. There was a light south-westerly breeze and a smooth sea. At 10.10 in the...
THE silver prize medal which the Spanish Life-boat Society awarded to Coxswain W. A. Rowe, of Coverack, for the rescue of the crew of seventeen of the steamer Mina Cantiquin, on the 4th of November, 1951, and the diplomas awarded to him and...
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RHYL.—A steamer was observed flying signals of distress about three miles N.N.E. of Rhyl pier, in a strong W.N.W.
breeze and a heavy sea at 5 P.M. on the 5th February. The Life-boat Jane Martin put off to her assistance...
DECEMBER 23RD. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. Survivors of a steamer which had been mined reported that other survivors were adrift, but they gave the wrong position, so the life-boat found nothing, and another vessel rescued them.-...
A bouquet for the Princess, presented by Debbie Jones, daughter of Crew Member Victor Jones. Just behind Debbie is Rachel Probert, daughter of Crew Member Kenneth Probert, who presented a souvenir programme to Her Royal Highness. Victoria... - View image in PDF
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August, 1987 Jack Cole, mechanic at Buckie lifeboat station. Mr Cole joined the crew as mechanic in 1943 until his retirement in 1974, being awarded the BEM in 1974..
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Peter Puddiphatt (left in photo) presents Walter Baguley, the new coxswain of 'his' exlifeboat with a signed print of her launching at Sennen Cove as Diana White.. - View image in PDF
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Sea food: members of Largs Junior Chamber of Commerce appear remarkably unconcerned by what is clearly a severe case of rising damp during a recent dinner staged on the slipway of the lifeboat station. This chilling experience, devised... - View image in PDF
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