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The Medallists Aboard the Atlantic 21 Rigid Inflatable Lifeboat Displayed on the Embankment (I to R): Helmsman John Hodder Lyme Regis; Coxswain 'Harry' Jones Hoylake; Coxswain Trevor E
The medallists aboard the Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat displayed on The Embankment (I. to r.): Helmsman John Hodder, Lyme Regis; Coxswain 'Harry' Jones, Hoylake; Coxswain Trevor England, Padstow; Coxswain Kenneth Voice,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fund Raisers
Runs for fun As part of their lifeboat day '85 Tighnabruaich and District guild organised a raft race fun run, when competitors had to wear fancy dress. The first prize was given to staff from the Royal Hotel who entered the race as...
Category: Articles
Susilla
High and dry on the Solway Firth From the shifting sand and mud banks of the Solway Firth, the grounded yacht Susiila radioed for help. It took a joint service by Workington and Silloth Lifeboats to locate the yacht and find a way to reach...
Arklow August 2 1986:
Arklow, August 2, 1986: Connel Elizabeth Cargill, a 44ft Waveney class lifeboat with a top speed of 15 knots almost twice as fast as any previous Arklow lifeboat and previously stationed at Troon in Scotland, was blessed and re-dedicated to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
RNLI In Action
RNLI in action This quarter’s highlights of the many hundreds of lifeboat launches and lifeguard incidents around the UK and Republic of Ireland Month of mudness Helmsman ‘Tommo’Thompson and crew from Exmouth, Devon, rescued two 14-year-olds...
Category: Articles
September Three: Naming Ceremonies at Aberdeen Weymouth and Ramsgate
Aberdeen, Wednesday, September 8: Lowering skies, spatters of rain and a chill wind greeted guests invited to Aberdeen's Regent Quay for the naming ceremony of the station's new 54' Arun class lifeboat, BP Forties; but the...
Category: Inaugurations
Bookshelf
Lifeboat station histories The History of the Penmon and Beaumaris Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author The northern end of the Menai Straits is one of the areas where changing times and use of the sea has led to considerable...
Category: Articles
Profile
at the annual meeting of the R. N.L.I.
on 18th May, Mr. Derek Scott, of Mumbles, who holds the B.E.M., the Institution's silver medal and bar and the bronze medal, belongs to the new generation of life-boatmen. He was...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
GROOMSPORT, IRELAND.—A new life-boat has been stationed at Groomsport, County Down, by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and a branch of the Society established there. Lying at the entrance to the bay of Belfast, this station will afford a...
Category: Articles
The Proprietor of Josephine's In St. Giles Street, Northampton, Mr. John Warren, Who Is a Member of the Y.L. A., Arranged a Fashion Parade
The proprietor of Josephine's in St. Giles Street, Northampton, Mr. John Warren, who is a member of the Y.L. A., arranged a fashion parade in aid of the R.N.L.I. The fashion parade was held in the showrooms of Grose Ltd., car... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs