Arwed Emminghaus (below), a 26.6 m rescue cruiser with daughter boat from the Federal Republic of Germany. Other foreign lifeboats which will visit Plymouth are Sigurd Golje, a 78' patrolling steel lifeboat from Sweden; Patron Emil... - View image in PDF
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Redcar branch ladies guild's income for 1976 exceeded £4,000, all raised the hard way. None of the members has a car, so that large suitcases have to be heaved on and off buses in support of their various fund-raising efforts. In...
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• Grahame Farr, one of the honorary archivists of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society, is a true historian and whenever he publishes a paper containing the results of his research he makes available a new and valuable chapter to all those...
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Rear Admiral Desmond Hoare has been accorded the Institution's sincere thanks on vellum for the experimental design work he did for rigid inflatable lifeboats while Provost of the United College of the Atlantic, as well as for his work... - View image in PDF
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Club safety boat rescues four An incident which took place in the Ribble Estuary on 13 August this year has earned Mr Richard Blackburn the thanks of the chief of operations after he launched the Ribble Cruising Club rescue boat to save the...
Persons rescued from shipwreck Kilmore life-boat landed a sick man from the Coningbeg lightvessel.
Fishing coble Premier, of Scarborough. Scarborough life-boat escorted coble.
Fishing boat Isa Simpson, of...
Category: Services
Newspoint In Reserve The financial reserves held by charities came underthe media spotlight recently as a result of a television pro- gramme on Channel 4.
The programme asked whether it was wrong for charities with large...
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Coxswain/Mechanic Maurice Hutchens was awarded the silver medal for the service to Tungufoss on September 19, 1981; he first joined Sennen Cove lifeboat crew in 1957, becoming assistant mechanic in 1959, second coxswain/ assistant mechanic... - View image in PDF
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Relief Arun: (Left) Miss C. G. Uridge, who named the 52ft Arun relief lifeboat RNLB A. J. R. and L. G. Uridge in memory of her father and brother, receives a bouquet from Alison Ashdown, daughter of Crew Member Brian Ashdown, and . .... - View image in PDF
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Mrs Rita White, chairman of the Whitby guild from 1983 to 1990.
Mrs White was secretary of the guild from 1976 to 1980, vice chairman between 1981 and 1984 was a honorary member of the Whitby lifeboat crew. Mrs White was...
Category: Obituaries